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Rejoice and Shout
Directed by
Don McGlynn
2011
1h 55m
PG
Documentary
6.4
76%
58%
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A documentary on Gospel music's 200-year history.
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Cast of Rejoice and Shout
Smokey Robinson
Mavis Staples
Willa Ward
Rejoice and Shout Reviews
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Archival footage of such acts as the Staple Singers and Mahalia Jackson is thrown together with largely trivial interviews with such talking heads as veteran singers and historians.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A consistently entertaining documentary bringing together a remarkable variety of surviving performances on films and records, going back to circa 1900.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Ultimately, the movie's dry structure is irrelevant: after two hours in the company of singers like the Soul Stirrers, Rosetta Tharpe, and Mahalia Jackson, you'll leave feeling exalted no matter what.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
There have been other terrific documentaries about gospel, but this is the first gospel film to draw on an incalculably rich archive of material going back more than 100 years.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Dan DeLuca
A relentlessly chronological, talking-head documentary that sets itself the impossible task of telling the whole rousing, spirit-lifting story of African American Christian music from slavery till now.
Washington Post
David Malitz
Ends up being far from authoritative and misses some key opportunities to dig deep into intriguing characters and issues.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Don McGlynn's gospel documentary takes a gratifyingly comprehensive look at an ecstatic American art form.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
If you don't know gospel music, really know it, you are missing out on a lot, but don't lose faith. "Rejoice and Shout," a vibrant and comprehensive new documentary will take you there in style.
Houston Chronicle
Andrew Dansby
Footage from that golden era still makes Rejoice & Shout worthwhile, from the groups that created variations on the barbershop quartets to competing ensembles from the South that were formed at schools for the blind. It is moving stuf.
Detroit News
Tom Long
As both musical and educational experience, Rejoice and Shout offers plenty of reason to do just that.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Your religion or lack of one doesn't matter. At some point while watching the film, you may feel that music is God, or if not, a close approximation of divinity.
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Dwight Brown
Rejoice & Shout is the most definitive and uplifting film ever made about gospel music. And that's the gospel truth.
AV Club
Noel Murray
It's all loosely assembled, with less of an eye toward storytelling and more of a rambling "and then Mahalia Jackson came along" approach.
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
The film includes a number of outstanding musical performances by gospel groups, soloists and other musicians. This is a good film for fans of gospel music, or those who want to find out more about the history of gospel music.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The result is an uneven film, despite all the talent on display and the importance of the project.
Slant Magazine
Andrew Schenker
Rejoice and Shout, Don McGlynn's documentary on the history of gospel music, is a film for connoisseurs.
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Leonard Maltin
What I don't know about gospel music could fill a library, but I'm willing to learn, and the lively documentary called Rejoice and Shout is a perfect tutorial. What's more, it's certain to create a flock of converts to this soulful brand of American...
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
The best bits -- the powerful instrument called Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, for example -- more than speak for themselves.
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
A splendid if exhausting journey through the history of gospel music reaching back nearly two centuries.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
'Rejoice and Shout' treats a long century and could have been more incisive and included fuller performance clips by dispensing with head interviews that interrupt often and at length.
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