Renaldo and Clara

Renaldo and Clara (1978)

  • 40% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 67% of users liked it
    (69 ratings)

Bob Dylan made this concert film that chronicles a 1975/1976 performance of his Rolling Thunder Revue. In between songs he, his wife Sara Dylan, along with Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg, and other counterculture figures perform philosophically based improvisational pieces. During the skits, Dylan plays… More

R, 3 hr. 52 min.
Directed By
Bob Dylan
Written By
Bob Dylan, Sam Shepard
Genres
Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest
In Theaters
Jan 25, 1978 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    The film contains more than its share of dead weight, but it is seldom genuinely dull.

  • David Sterritt, Senses of Cinema

    A metonymic sprawl characterizes Renaldo & Clara.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    It all looks pretty silly. The concert footage is all right, but the in-between stuff just has to go.

  • , Film4

    The film can be recommended only for die-hard Dylan fans with a lot of spare time on their hands.

  • Phil Hall, Film Threat

    The very, very, very worst thing ever made.

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