Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
Miramax

Description

From the rain of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows Madonna on her 1990 'Blond Ambition' concert tour. Filmed in black and white, with the concert pieces in glittering MTV color, it is an intimate look at the work of the music performer, from a prayer circle with the dancers before each performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards. This movie reveals Madonna as she really is, on stage and off - den mother to her family of dancers, sex goddess to her millions of fans, business woman, singer, dancer... the biggest superstar in the world of music. Join her and experience an intimate backstage look at her Blond Ambition tour.

Collected reviews and ratings

8.8 Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

The organizing subject of the whole film is work. We learn a lot about how hard Madonna works, about her methods for working with her dancers and her backstage support team, about how brutally hard it is to do a world concert tour. Unlike most rock documentaries, the real heart of this film is backstage.
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8.3 Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

In ''Truth or Dare,'' Madonna does more than show us the backstage life of a pop star. With inspiring frankness, she reveals the roots of her style.
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7.0 DVD Times | Maria Waters

Its hard to label ‘In Bed with Madonna’ (or Truth or Dare as it was known on its American release) as a documentary as Madonna seems to be acting all the way through it, yet this is not quite a film either. It is, however a brilliant snapshot of the old Madonna that delighted in shocking us all and like any of your past memories is best reminisced on with a wry smile.
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6.0 Washington Post | Desson Howe

"Truth" dares everything, critical harping be damned. Her onstage shows, full of muscular male dancers, lavish sets, risque costumes and fabulous choreography, are triumphs of style over substance. Backstage, nothing is sacred and little is covered.
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6.0 New York Times | Janet Maslin

"Truth or Dare" is at the very least a potent conversation piece. It can also be seen as a clever, brazen, spirited self-portrait, an ingeniously contrived extension of Madonna's public personality and a studied glimpse into what, in the case of most other pop luminaries, would be at least a quasi-hidden realm.
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