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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- After watching her belt, blast and harmonize with power and precision through wildly diverse styles of music like an Amazon heroine, to see her struggle her way through this short piece is the kind of heart-string moment documentary filmmakers can only hope to catch.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThe political intelligence and matter-of-fact feminism that emerge in this portrait are among its most intriguing aspects. Her cleareyed, down-to-earth thoughts on her profession, her family and American culture (musical and otherwise) make her someone you want to know better.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMemories in popular music are notoriously short, and if you’ve forgotten how extraordinary a singer Linda Ronstadt is, how wide a range of material she’s explored and how deep her commitment to the art and craft of music is, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is a potent, mind-expanding reminder.
- 88Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreFor a fan, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is a lot more than a quick trip through her career and her life, even if it offers few deep insights into her psyche and to others might seem just an exercise in Boomer musical nostalgia.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanLaced with colorful stories. ... The movie is mostly content to be a portrait of Ronstadt the artist, and it’s more than satisfying on that front.
- 75The PlaylistAsher LubertoThe PlaylistAsher LubertoThe beauty of Lina Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is the sound of other voices.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAstutely chronicling an amazing musical career that ended prematurely due to Parkinson's disease, the doc will delight the singer's old fans and likely make her many new ones as well.
- 70TheWrapSteve PondTheWrapSteve PondA fitting tribute to a woman worthy of one.
- 58IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandA maddeningly shallow look at Ronstadt’s remarkable life.
- 50Slant MagazineWes GreeneSlant MagazineWes GreeneIt isn’t long into the film when the hagiographic soundbites from famous interviewees become the dominant mode.