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Rhyme & Reason

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Filmmaker Peter Spirer chronicles hip-hop music with interviews and performance clips.
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Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 3/5 Jun 2, 2002 Full Review Susan Stark Detroit News Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Jae-Ha Kim Jae-Ha Kim Peter Spirer’s documentary “Rhyme & Reason” widens the focus on hip-hop, presenting it as a lifestyle that happens to include music.By allowing the artists to narrate the piece, the film captivates viewers without glorifying or vilifying the art form. Rated: 3/4 Jul 28, 2023 Full Review Brian Costello Common Sense Media This is an interesting capsule of a time and place that's still relevant in both good and bad ways. Rated: 4/5 Sep 28, 2021 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 14, 2005 Full Review Jack Garner Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Rated: 7/10 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C **** this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Hip-hop documentary from 1997. About the same time hip-hop became big all over the world. We go back to the very start and the story is told by the ones experiencing and living it. It's well structured and presented. We meet so many rappers here, some still relevant, some still rather unknown and others are now dead. I learned quite a bit, but I never watch this for the educational part. People that do not know the story of hip-hop should, though, as it pretty much covers the most vital parts of the history from 1974 to 1996. 8 out of 10 rhymes. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Mesmo sem nunca encontrar uma linha de orientação, "Rhyme & Reason" é um óptimo documentário sobre hip-hop, que progride em registo Freestyle e que dá voz a uma quantidade enorme de rappers que marcaram os melhores anos do game. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member pretty cool, can never get enough hip hop documentary's Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Classic 1997 documentary directed by Peter Spirer! This documentary shows the true meaning of hip-hop! I recommend all pop rappers to watch this documentary! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member THE SHOW (Brian Robbins, 1995) is a better version of this. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Peter Spirer chronicles hip-hop music with interviews and performance clips.
Director
Peter Spirer
Producer
Charles Block, Daniel Sollinger, Richard Spero, Peter Spirer
Distributor
Miramax Films
Production Co
Miramax
Rating
R
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 7, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 21, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.6M
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Surround
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