SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN (2012)
Starring Sixto Rodriguez, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore and Craig Bartholomew Strydom
Directed by Malik Bendjelloul
A Sony Pictures Classic Release
MPAA Theatrical Rating: PG-13
Interesting enough topic but not sure if it rates an Academy Award much less feature length status. Sixto Rodriguez, a long forgotten folk-rocker from Detroit achieves rock star status in South Africa but never knows until almost 30 years after the fact. Turns out most of his fans thought he had committed suicide when actually he was working construction and running for Mayor. Told by the folks who hunted him down, Rodriguez's family and the man himself, SUGARMAN is guaranteed to put a smile on your face but lacks any real emotional depth and its third act stretches it pretty thin. The music, like a more rocking James Taylor, is catchy and Rodriguez himself seems like a really cool dude. Given that people nowadays make five-epsiode docs about toe jam if they can borrow an digital SLR camera and $557, you could do a lot worse. With Steve Rowland, Clarence Avant and Eva & Regan Rodriguez. - EH
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