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Explosively exciting film.
90
Soul Power, as aptly and succinctly titled a movie as I have ever seen, takes you to a place where the discipline that produces great popular art is indistinguishable from the ecstasy that art creates.
90
A vibrant and joyous new documentary.
90
Explodes in a burst of energy, musical chops and an eerie political prescience that makes it feel like something beamed from some past-is-future time warp.
88
Soul Power is both a funk-tastic time capsule and a timeless celebration of the human spirit.
83
James Brown, B.B. King, and a dazzling array of top African, Afro-Cuban, and African-American talent finally gets its own solo spotlight in Soul Power.
83
Levy-Hinte has said that a great deal more concert footage exists. I can't wait for the expanded version DVD.
80
A real treat for fans of Ali and music alike.
80
Period pieces can be marvelous or musty, depending on the period, as well as the piece. Soul Power is marvelous.
80
Anyone awed by 1996's "When We Were Kings" - and really, that should be anyone who's seen it - will consider this vivid companion piece essential viewing.
