Becoming Led Zeppelin

If you can see it at an IMAX, please do, because it's like being at a concert. That sound is incredible -- crank it up loud!

Very informative, very clean-cut. Nothing sordid here, except the music.

Why are these guys so boring? It’s a mystery that won’t be probed by director Bernard MacMahon and co-writer Allison McGourty, who tick off the usual gigs and recording anecdotes on the rise to fame with a then-this-happened dutifulness.

The master-musicianship that the press initially overlooked, and which the tales of bad behaviour obscure, is front and centre here.

For the duration of this film I was in a forgiving mood, won over by the visceral thrill of the band’s sound.

A hagiographic look at the group’s beginnings, the movie is as straightforward as it is headbangingly diverting.

...at times it feels too close to an infomercial, a mere exercise in brand management. [Full review in Spanish]

I’ll admit they were never a personal favorite, but Bernard MacMahon’s film makes a pretty great case for them, drawing on a wealth of archival performance footage. Even among numerous fine rock docs in recent years, this ranks near the top.

Too polished and surface-level for its own good, Becoming Led Zeppelin’s inevitably drags mightily.

The next great Rock n Roll documentary has arrived. Fantastic.