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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Rolling StoneDavid FearRolling StoneDavid FearAnd when we arrive at Hoon keeping the camera rolling as he lays on a New Orleans bed, literally hours before he’ll be found unresponsive on the band’s tour bus, it doesn’t feel ghoulish. It just feels like we’ve walked long and hard in his shoes and reached the end way too soon.
- 80The Irish TimesTara BradyThe Irish TimesTara BradyDirectors Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould, and Colleen Hennessy have sifted through hundreds of hours of footage to fashion something that allows for a sense of the person behind the rock casualty. To this end, they do a splendid job.
- 70Screen DailyStephen WhittyScreen DailyStephen WhittyIn a way, the film is its own genre – the found-footage documentary. There are no interviews with other people, no self-described experts. Just Hoon, who – adding to the film’s melancholy sense of waste – comes across as an unspoiled, charismatic and mostly amiable young man.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustThat Hoon lived such a prototypically rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, while simultaneously commenting on it — he notes his first broken hotel room mirror — is fascinating. And heartbreaking.
- 63Slant MagazineWes GreeneSlant MagazineWes GreeneThe film refuses to shy away from the unvarnished honesty of Blind Melon frontman Shannon Hoon during his brief moment of fame.
- 40Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesFrom the most generous angle, All I Can Say functions as a found footage précis of the perils of fast fame, illustrating Hoon’s deepening addictions as the band’s profile rises.
- 40The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe movie will be most profitably consumed by fans — people who believe Hoon earned the tribute. While one does not want to be cruel, one is obliged to be frank.
- 38RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyRogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAll I Can Say feels much longer than it actually is. Hoon struggled with addiction. He was arrested many times. It's a cautionary tale but one we've heard so many times before. Fans of Hoon will thrill to all of this footage. For others, it'll be a pretty tough haul.