77
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterThough there's considerable footage of hippie activity (crafting kites, sleeping) and moments of prelapsarian frisson (a cop warns that "there's talk of the Hell's Angels coming down"), the film is resolutely performance-driven.
- It is possible that the way to a new kind of musical—using some of the talent and energy of what is still the most lively contemporary medium—may begin with just this kind of musical performance documentary.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIt captures their magic with a freewheeling spontaneity that became a model for later pop-music movies.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineCompared to D.A. Pennebaker's previous feature DON'T LOOK BACK (1967), the warts-and-all portrait of Bob Dylan, MONTEREY POP seems very much an authorized presentation of its subject.