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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100CineVueTom DugginsCineVueTom DugginsFiennes doesn’t do anything radical in her handling of the footage or the approach, but with a subject like Grace Jones a simple approach is still spellbinding.
- 90Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganJones is a marvel, really, all the more so now that time has refined and enhanced her unflagging lust for life. Fiennes delivers a documentary which captures that spirit in a way that’s cinematic and rousing.
- 90The New York TimesWesley MorrisThe New York TimesWesley MorrisThe relief of Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami is that it seeks to square the person with the provocateuse. The documentary is a feat of portraiture and a restoration of humanity. It’s got the uncanny, the sublime, and, in many spots, a combination of both.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt’s a celebration of her musicality and extraterrestrial scariness, and a reminder that films about female singing stars need not be gallant tributes to tragically doomed fragility.
- 80Time OutDave CalhounTime OutDave CalhounBloodlight and Bami defiantly reflects the experimental whirlwind of Jones’s existence: her ability to look and feel relevant decades since she started out.
- 75Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe effect of Sophie Fiennes's unmoored approach to her subject is to take us out of normal time and put us on Grace Jones time.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreBloodlight and Bami may be mostly for her most faithful fans, but it makes for an interesting, just-revealing-enough portrait for those who only know her from the image she’s created and the music that rarely made it out of the clubs, back in the day.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonBritish director Sophie Fiennes certainly finds Jones a spellbinding subject in Bloodlight and Bami, securing intimate access to the veteran diva over several years without ever quite managing to spill her secrets.
- 60Total FilmKevin HarleyTotal FilmKevin HarleyDespite the candid vérité stylings, art-dance powerhouse Grace Jones remains a magnetic enigma in Sophie Fiennes’ docu-study.