This doco has a lot going for it. It is beautifully edited and filmed, and obviously Sheryl Crow opened her life up for it. Her parents in Missouri are adorably normal. She has some amazing friends - musicians, engineers, agents. She is incredibly musically talented - accomplished in guitar, bass, piano, singing and performing. And song writing. She left a simpler life in the Midwest and toiled for years as a musician in Los Angeles before she was famous. Keith Richards, who respects her, points out that she's both sensitive and tough. The celebrity duets are mind-blowing - Mick Jagger, Prince, Michael Jackson, and a fantastic song with Stevie Nicks, who obviously admires her.
It's just that the doco leaves me a bit flat. It's a bit too fawning and slick. It has too much of Sheryl! It's like she approved everything. And so the doco comes across a bit like a promotional piece.
Complete with a montage sequence with her kids.
I still like Sheryl and she seems to be a lovely person. Unfortunately, I don't think this is quite the documentary she deserves.
It's just that the doco leaves me a bit flat. It's a bit too fawning and slick. It has too much of Sheryl! It's like she approved everything. And so the doco comes across a bit like a promotional piece.
Complete with a montage sequence with her kids.
I still like Sheryl and she seems to be a lovely person. Unfortunately, I don't think this is quite the documentary she deserves.