Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon
[P]ic unabashedly presents an insider's perspective that catches the band members in unguarded mode; a rich treasure trove of homemovie footage reps another plus point for fans (...).
(...) The ample downtime spent in hotels and on tour buses proves a natural spawning ground for rock excess, but what's endearing here is the mildness of the boys' rebellion: mostly premarital sex with girlfriends and crafty puffs on marijuana joints in no-smoking bathrooms, as opposed to cocaine-fueled orgies with hookers. The reckless defiance culminates in Caleb's decision to vote for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, ignoring a plea from his mother to do the right thing by Jesus.
Charles Gant, Variety
When the Kings of Leon first appeared on the scene in the early 2000s a lot of people thought their backstory was bullshit: Three brothers and their cousin raised in the South by a strict, traveling Pentecostal preacher just seemed just too perfect to be true. Some British outlets even wanted to give the band a lie detector test. It turned out everything they said about their past was true, and their new documentary Talihina Sky backs up every word of it (...).
Andy Greene, The Rolling Stone
Duration: 87 min
Dialogue: English
Age limit: K7
