The Torch

Released Mar 18, 2022

1h 49m

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Music

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Guitar icon Buddy Guy reflects on his legacy and passes along the blues lessons he himself received from legends Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf to a phenom of the next generation in this stirring documentary.

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Dwight Brown

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This enlightening bio/doc may not be the ultimate Buddy Guy movie, but it’s one his followers must see.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 23, 2022

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Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

The Torch, despite its best intentions, lights the way for no one.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 18, 2022

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

A very good rather than a great movie. But any opportunity to spend almost two hours in the company of Buddy Guy is an opportunity not to be missed.

Mar 18, 2022

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John Wirt

Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Buddy Guy, the 85-year-old blues star from Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, is the subject of two recent documentaries. The newly released "The Torch" is a better account of Guys marathon rise to fame than last years oddly stilted PBS documentary.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 15, 2022

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

The documentary The Torch breaks no new ground in telling Buddy Guy's story, but it's worth seeing for the concert scenes. The film editing is uneven, and the movie needed more diverse interviews.

Apr 13, 2022

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Sarah Knight Adamson

Sarah's Backstage Pass

Farrells film not only gives us a history lesson of the Blues, but it also serves as a love letter to the Blues and one significant musician, the eight-time Grammy winner Buddy Guy.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 31, 2022

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Audience Member

The greatest blues and rock music documentary ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Quinn Sullivan

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Tom Hambridge

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Synopsis

Guitar icon Buddy Guy reflects on his legacy and passes along the blues lessons he himself received from legends Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf to a phenom of the next generation in this stirring documentary.

Director: Jim Farrell
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Cinestaan Film Company
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 18, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 18, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.3K
Runtime: 1h 49m

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