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Greetings from Tim Buckley
Directed by
Daniel Algrant
Not Rated
2013
1h 39m
Drama
,
Biography
,
and more
6.0
72%
47%
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A chronicle of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's performance at his father's tribute concert in 1991.
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Cast of Greetings from Tim Buckley
Penn Badgley
Jeff Buckley
Imogen Poots
Allie
Norbert Leo Butz
Hal Wilner
Ben Rosenfield
Tim Buckley
Frank Wood
Gary Lucas
William Sadler
Lee Underwood
Isabelle McNally
Jane Goldstein
Jessica Stone
Janine Nichols
Kate Nash
Carol
Jadyn Douglas
Linda
Ilana Levine
Paula
Stephen Tyrone Williams
Carter
Daniel Algrant
Director / Writer
Amy Nauiokas
Producer
Patrick Milling-Smith
Producer
Frederick Zollo
Producer
John N. Hart
Producer
Greetings from Tim Buckley Ratings & Reviews
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Chris Riemenschneider
Penn Badgley delivers a pivotal performance as the younger Buckley, coming off with just enough pretentiousness and attitude.
Seattle Times
Jeff Shannon
Algrant's desire to reunite father and son through music is admirable, but "Greetings from Tim Buckley" is too meandering and ethereal to have any lasting impact.
Oregonian
Marc Mohan
The movie struggles to find its footing, lacking the dramatic tension to make it of much interest beyond the fan base of the supremely talented, tragically fated Buckleys.
Film.com
William Goss
The concert may have seen the reluctant birth of a second-generation rock star, but this movie, if nothing else, is a similarly suitable showcase for its own leading man.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
In paying homage to two iconic performers, he's given a former small-screen star the chance to announce his own cinematic arrival.
Village Voice
Calum Marsh
Badgley delivers a nuanced performance of such ferocity he almost singlehandedly makes a conventional film seem loose and improvisatory.
TV Guide
Cammila Collar
Greetings From Tim Buckley is a beautiful, touching, electrically charged success, capturing the essence of these two adored musicians with a synergistic magic that, unbelievably, does them both justice.
Film Journal International
Doris Toumarkine
Music-filled drama amounts to several promises unfulfilled except for some solid performances and a terrific soundtrack of Buckley songs, both actual and skillfully recreated.
NPR
Scott Tobias
What redeems the film, ultimately, are Jeff's poignant efforts to unburden himself of his father's oppressive legacy and stand on his own merits.
New York Post
Sara Stewart
Director Daniel Algrant chose well with Badgley, who transcends the rather made-for-TV vibe with a decent rendition of Buckley's haunting falsetto.
The Playlist
Kevin Jagernauth
There is no doubt that Greetings From Tim Buckley is respectable...But the film never quite connects father and son as each sharing the common bond of extraordinary talent or even similar personal woes.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
It's sweet, sentimental, almost inevitably touching if not especially persuasive, brushing against the thorns in each man's life without drawing blood.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Jeff's accidental drowning death in 1997, at 30, underscores the sense of loss in a heartfelt and deeply moving film. It'll get to you.
AV Club
Noel Murray
Badgley is terrific, and even if he doesn't quite succeed in making Jeff Buckley likeable, he does make the singer's standoffish attitude understandable.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
This is a melancholy wisp of a movie. Yet it lingers in the heart.
Slant Magazine
Nick McCarthy
Despite the counter-culture subjects at its core, Daniel Algrant's film possesses a put-upon hipness that cannot mask its disarming dorkiness.
New York Daily News
Jim Farber
For all [Badgley's] efforts, the movie itself ends up little more than an exploitation item, a sad place-holder until the real thing comes along.
ScreenCrush
Jordan Hoffman
'Greetings From Tim Buckley' would actually work much better as a play.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
The result is at once skillfully observed and a bit so-what.
The Hollywood Reporter
Deborah Young
Dan Algrant's lyrical recreation of a father-son relationship seen over time, through memory and music, has a sense of urgent originality that works even apart from its great Tim Buckley score.
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