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Searching for Sugar Man
Directed by
Malik Bendjelloul
PG-13
2012
85m
Documentary
,
Biography
,
and more
8.2
95%
92%
7.9
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Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
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Cast of Searching for Sugar Man
Stephen Segerman
Self / Story
Rodriguez
Self / Songs
Regan Rodriguez
Self
Eva Rodriguez
Self
Mike Theodore
Self
Dennis Coffey
Self
Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy
Self
Clarence Avant
Self
Steve Rowland
Self
Malik Bendjelloul
Self (uncredited) / Director / Writer / Producer / Editor
Dan DiMaggio
Self
Jerome Ferretti
Self
Willem Möller
Self
Craig Bartholomew Strydom
Self / Story
Ilse Assmann
Self
Steve M. Harris
Self
Robbie Mann
Self
Rick Emmerson
Self
Rian Malan
Self
Simon Chinn
Producer
Searching for Sugar Man Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
At 85 minutes, it's a tight, sharp achievement, yet one of the things I love about it is simple: It moves to a relaxed rhythm, in sync with its slightly otherworldly subject.
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Leonard Maltin
...it isn't merely the content that makes Searching for Sugar Man so affecting: it's the way that Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul sets up the story and peels away the mystery of Rodriguez, one layer at time.
Newsday
John Anderson
The search for a long-lost pop icon has an unexpected payoff.
The New Yorker
Ken Marks
[A] moving, lyrical account ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
It starts as a bittersweet parable about the cruelty of commerce, but the wonder of "Searching for Sugar Man" will not soon slip away.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
You watch "Searching for Sugar Man" at first fascinated by the mystery - what happened to Rodriguez? Where did he go? Then you become infuriated by its revelations of financial injustice.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
If you like music, a good mystery or, better yet, a combination of both, you won't be disappointed.
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
It isn't that Searching for Sugar Man's plot developments are gotcha!-like, but this documentary does boast some bowl-you-over reveals best experienced blind.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Beautiful and revelatory, Searching for Sugar Man also incorporates huge chunks of Rodriguez's music.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
A rock documentary that goes way behind the music to tell a story that seems pure urban legend.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
Here's the rare music documentary in which the narrative is more interesting than the songs.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
Bendjelloul mixes modern footage of Detroit with archival and animated images, and the shots of Rodriguez marching through his home turf help viewers understand what makes him tick.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
I hope you're able to see this film. You deserve to. And yes, it exists because we need for it to.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
This is a real-life fairy tale with a remarkably happy ending.
Washington Post
Mark Jenkins
The movie is neatly structured, and Rodriguez turns out to be an interesting guy. He's worth getting to know, even if his music isn't.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
Music executive Clarence Avant says Rodriguez sold about six copies of each of his two albums. Multiply that by the number of people who see this movie.
The Atlantic
Ian Buckwalter
A fantastic music doc with a surprising twist; which, when done as well as it is here, works just as effectively whether you know what's coming or not.
New York Post
Sara Stewart
A terrific documentary about a decades-long search, by two South African Rodriguez fans, for the story behind their enigmatic pop idol.
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Searching For Sugar Man: Soundtrack To Our Lives
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