Critic Reviews

• Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

  By the time The U.S. vs. John Lennon is done, the filmmakers have reinforced the sense that pop music once produced prophets, as well as profits.

• Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

  Lennon's spirit, like his music, shines through this movie like a beacon.

• David Jenkins, Time Out

  The film paints with swaggeringly broad strokes, the basic thesis being Lennon = good, government = bad.

• Bill Muller, Arizona Republic

  Humanizing Lennon to those who might find the man a bit inaccessible, and adding the word 'courage' to his long list of positive attributes.

• Peter Howell, Toronto Star

  Documentarians David Leaf and John Scheinfeld go beyond the usual glibness, revealing a much fuller portrait of the man.

• Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

  Though Lennon's commitment to a peaceful world is vivid and unquestionable, The U.S. vs. John Lennon ultimately emerges as a picture of a different kind of commitment: a love story.

• Enrique Buchichio, Uruguay Total

  (...) Un documento valioso sobre una época y sobre una figura casi mítica y su compromiso con la paz (...)

• Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

  A powerful statement about how in a country of "democracy," the peace keepers are deemed the most dangerous to civilization...

• Ryan Cracknell, Calgary Movies

  An excellent documentary in charting how celebrities can use their public status for good, especially if they have the guts to turn their backs on what made them famous for a greater good.

• Jason Gorber, Film Scouts

  The breadth of interviews was quite good, and the film goes to great pains to situate Lennon within the wider political framework of the day. Everyone from G. Gordon Liddy to Geraldo are trotted out to either decry or justify the treatment that the Nixon

• Joseph Proimakis, Movies for the Masses

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• Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile

  It's as gripping as any thriller and as moving as any drama with the added fascination of the unfathomable relationship between John and Yoko.

• Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

  Um belíssimo documentário que nos faz lembrar de que, por ter existido, John Lennon fez deste um mundo melhor.

• Marty Mapes, Movie Habit

  An entertaining, lightweight (sometimes too much so) documentary about Lennon's deportation case

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