Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2005)
Lions Gate Television

Description

Sure to please both die-hard Cohen fans and the newly initiated, this film is full of captivating music and offers an intimate portrait of a truly singular artist, poet, songwriter, cultural icon.

Collected reviews and ratings

9.2 Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

Lofty claims by Bono aside, you hardly need an English degree to hear the lyrical prose-poem beauty of songs like ''Everybody Knows'' or the great ''Hallelujah,'' and this movie has moments so gorgeous they brought me to tears.
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8.8 TV Guide | Ken Fox

But what this entertaining documentary inadvertently makes clear when Cohen himself appears off stage to perform "Tower Song" in front of a pretty decent backup band (U2), is that no matter how inspired the singers who've helped bring his material to a wider audience, something essential is lost when anyone other than Cohen is at the mike.
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8.0 Time | Richard Corliss

Next to Cohen's castle of music, place this fetching little monument to the bard of rapturous bereavement.
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8.0 New York Times | Stephen Holden

Wonderful documentary portrait. Combines pieces of an extended interview with this Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and author, now 71, with a tribute concert organized by Hal Willner at the Sydney Opera House in January 2005.
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7.0 Variety | Robert Koehler

Artfully intercutting a wide-ranging interview with the Canadian songwriter and a highly erratic tribute show lensed live at the Sydney Opera House, pic is essential material for fans, but far less effective as a draw for new, younger listeners.
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6.3 Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

In this muddled but marvelous blend of documentary and concert film, director Lian Lunson takes you down to a place where it's possible to look closely at the life and art of cult troubadour Leonard Cohen.
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6.0 Salon.com | Stephanie Zacharek

At 71, the poet and songwriter still cuts deep with his words and elegant presence. But this documentary leaves you wanting more.
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5.0 Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

For the most part, "Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man" serves as a painful reminder that there's little better in this world than hearing Leonard Cohen sing a Leonard Cohen song. And even when that finally happens it's a letdown, with a cheesy pseudo-live performance of "Tower of Song" with U2.
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