The Go-Go’s (2020)
96%RT Audience Score: 95%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Emulating the spirit of punk in form and function, The Go-Go’s is a raucous celebration of the pioneering band and a stylistic knockout that will blow viewers’ hair back.
If you’re looking for a movie that’s as rebellious as punk rock itself, then The Go-Go’s is your jam! This flick is a wild ride that pays tribute to the legendary band and will leave you feeling like you just got hit by a sonic boom. It’s like a hair dryer on full blast, but in a good way. The style is off the charts and the energy is contagious. So, buckle up and get ready to rock out with The Go-Go’s!
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Year of Release
2020
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Streaming): Jul 31, 2020
Genre(s)
Documentary/Music
Keyword(s)
documentary, music, The Go-Go’s, all-girl band, punk, rock, female rock band, successful, No 1 on the charts, Alison Ellwood, directed by, Trevor Birney, Eimhear O’Neill, Corey Russell, produced by, David Blackman, Wally Eltawashy, executive producer, critic reviews, reviewed by, John Anderson, Wall Street Journal, David Fear, Rolling Stone, Kristen Lopez, indieWire, Sara Stewart, Book & Film Globe, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com, Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times, Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com, Sarah McMullan, Stuff.co.nz, Jason Shawhan, Nashville Scene, Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed, Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, genre, box office performance, budget, MPAA rating, producer names, actor names, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock
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Trevor Birney – Producer
Eimhear O’Neill – Producer
Corey Russell – Producer
David Blackman – Executive Producer
Wally Eltawashy – Executive Producer
Director(s)
Alison Ellwood
Writer(s)
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Producer(s)
Trevor Birney, Eimhear O’Neill, Corey Russell
Film Festivals
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Academy Awards
All Critics (47) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (1)
As director Alison Ellwood shows in her briskly entertaining documentary — The Go-Go’s — the band’s members can explain away, with enormous charm, the naked ambition that made them the most successful “girl group” ever.
December 30, 2020
John Anderson
Wall Street Journal
TOP CRITIC
The doc’s goal: Don’t think of the Go-Go’s as a bit of Reagan-era nostalgia, the musical equivalent of a Rubik’s cube. Think of them as a first-tier, kick-ass rock group, period, full stop, the end. Mission accomplished.
December 30, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5
David Fear
Rolling Stone
TOP CRITIC
“The Go-Go’s” is an entertaining and well-put together package on a musical group who should command the respect of their male peers.
December 3, 2020 | Rating: B-
Kristen Lopez
indieWire
TOP CRITIC
Anyone with even a passing interest in the Go-Go’s… must watch Alison Ellwood’s documentary.
August 6, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Sara Stewart
Book & Film Globe
TOP CRITIC
Watching the film, it’s pure pleasure to witness such scrappy exuberance, such mayhem so enthusiastically pursued.
August 3, 2020
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Salon.com
TOP CRITIC
They still Got the Beat.
July 31, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4
Richard Roeper
Chicago Sun-Times
TOP CRITIC
The Go-Go’s are the most successful all-girl group of all time.
See, and hear, how they did it.
March 13, 2022 | Rating: A+
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
A compelling look at the most successful female rock band of all time.
February 22, 2022
Sarah McMullan
Stuff.co.nz
The Go-Go’s is a punchy, vibrant look at the quintet who stormed punk stages (even if it was just for a minute, Belinda Carlisle was one of The Germs and Gina Schock played drums for Edith Massey) and set pop records.
September 10, 2021
Jason Shawhan
Nashville Scene
A refreshing film with some great insight in to instant fame, and the eighties.
January 2, 2021
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
That it’s hardly groundbreaking or seriously in-depth is likely the source of its charm — in just under two hours it provides a surprisingly satisfying “Behind the Music”-style survey of the career of a fascinating and criminally underrated band.
December 30, 2020
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Directed by Alison Ellwood, The Go-Go’s delivers everything you’d want out of a rock doc.
December 30, 2020
Benjamin H. Smith
Decider…
Plot
The Go-Go’s is a documentary about the first successful all-girl band to write their own songs and play their own instruments while making it to No. 1 on the charts.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The Go-Go’s documentary features interviews with all the band members, including Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, and Charlotte Caffey.
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