Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet

Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (2012)

  • 82% of critics liked it
    (22 reviews)

  • 85% of users liked it
    (311 ratings)

When doctors diagnosed 19-year-old rock star Jason Becker with Lou Gehrig's Disease, they said he would never make music again and that he wouldn't live to see his 25th birthday. 22 years later, without the ability to move or to speak, Jason is alive and making music with his eyes. Jason… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Documentary
In Theaters
Dec 12, 2012 Limited
Kino Lorber Films

Critic Reviews

  • John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter

    Music-centric doc offers an undepressing look at Lou Gehrig's disease.

  • Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post

    [Becker] comes across as a warm, funny man blessed with a devoted family and friends.

  • Neil Genzlinger, New York Times

    The film says frustratingly little about how everything is managed financially, but the perseverance by all concerned is beautiful to see.

  • Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

    Jesse Vile's inspiring heartbreaker of a documentary is cleaved into two well-judged halves: We see Becker continuing on, robbed of speech and movement, yet undiminshed in his musical creativity.

  • Michelle Orange, Village Voice

    Jesse Vile's expertly measured, emotional look at the life of a guitar prodigy cut down by ALS ...

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    Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet is a terrific documentary about virtuoso guitar player Jason Becker who had his career dramatically cut short by Lou Gehrig's disease. The odds were against him as he was given a short time to survive and he would never write music again. But that was… More

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