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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyBut after surveying pop and rock hybrids, Akin and Hacke go deeper. You will be very happy indeed to make the acquaintance of such Turkish music luminaries as Orhan Gencebay and Sezen Aksu, whose stories and personalities are as fascinating as their music.
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxYou'll feel lucky for such a comprehensive introduction to Turkish music.
- 80The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThis new film feels like something of a gift, as if the director had decided to burn some of his favorite songs for his newfound friends, the world-cinema audience.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirWhatever you think you know about Turkey, Crossing the Bridge will change your mind. With a dynamite album of music from the film in simultaneous release, I smell a "Buena Vista"-style crossover hit.
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayHacke is in almost every shot, taking in the performances and sometimes singing and dancing along, inviting the audience to share in the joy of discovery.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAs filmmaking, the docu is only travel-diary so-so. But the chance to experience the machine-gun rhymes of ''the Turkish Eminem'' - a young man called Ceza - is priceless.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMore than just a musical primer. It's also a valentine to the city on the Bosporus, the strait that separates Istanbul's Asian and European sides.
- 70VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyOne of the world's great cities comes vibrantly alive through its music and musical denizens in Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceIn briskly edited sequences peppered with fascinating found footage, each genre is tightly linked to a neighborhood.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThis musical documentary likely will find its major audience in Germany, where the immigrant-minority Turk citizenry will take to its array of sounds, smears and social commentary as cultural nourishment.