Luther: Never Too Much

2024

Biography / Documentary / Music

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 98% · 41 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 98% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 8.1/10 10 1043 1K

music documentary

Director

Dawn Porter Photo
Dawn Porter

Top cast

Denzel Washington Photo
Denzel Washington as Self
Garry Shandling Photo
Garry Shandling as Self
Eddie Murphy Photo
Eddie Murphy as Self
Patti LaBelle Photo
Patti LaBelle as Self
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
931.27 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 2
1.87 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Luther: Never Too Much

Using a wide array of archive and some fairly honest and potent interviews, this documentary presents us with a short biopic of rather an enigmatic gent. Initially, his dulcet tones earned him a decent enough living doing lucrative commercials and providing backing vocals until a session with David Bowie started his career on a largely unhindered upwards trajectory. His associations with Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler and Roberta Flack, his total - almost perfectionist - commitment to his art and his cheeky sense of humour all contributed further to a success that transcended not just US racial boundaries, but also physical international ones too. I wasn't really that aware of his music, but watching this does effectively illustrate just how many songs he was behind - writing and/or performing, that are more familiar than I'd expected. This also wasn't a messy man. He wasn't in and out of the papers with stories of his life, his lifestyle, his drinking or drug taking - he actually comes across as a remarkably stable man in many ways, even if his solution to problems he faced was to reach for the fried chicken bucket or the ice cream spoon. Happily, we don't really focus too much on the personal life. Perhaps because his own comments of "mind your own **** business" are echoed by the film's contributors who knew him and who chose not to add fuel to any fires burning about his sexuality. It's a celebration of his music that broadens awareness for folk like me who didn't realise the scope of his skills, and it is a fitting and spangly tribute for those who did.
Reviewed by imseeg 8 / 10

Warmhearted, touching and surprising tribute.

I only knew Luther Vandross from his many old great hit songs on the radio back in the days, so I am not a diehard fan, but this documentary gave me so many goosebumps and such a good feeling! Really touched by it (and surprised by it as well...)What's most surprising to me was the fact that before he got known as a singer he wrote so many songs for other famous singers who all cherished his songwriting skills AND his background singing performances, like Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and David Bowie.Famous actor Jamie Fox describes several witty memories of him stealing girls' hearts with playing Luther Vandross songs while courting them, making all the girls melt in his arms!Singers all have their peak and then they mostly fade away from the spotlights, but I never knew what happened to Luther Vandross and this movies story about his downfall is so touching, yet still so sad that I dont wanna tell about it here in this review.I can highly recommend watching this doumentary if you have doubts about being it worth the watch ESPECIALLY if you are not a big fan of his work!What a voice! What a sweet soul! What a tragedy!
Reviewed by Bleu-Le-Fluff-0969 7 / 10

Good to the Soul

Watched this at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.Luther Vandross is a musician that isn't talked much amongst people and Vandross has an interesting history with music, identity and his career. While this documentary does have it's faults on some pacing and structure, the documentary has a good heart that explores Luther's music career, personal life, sexual orientation, and experiences with strong direction, good sense of emotions, and a good heart to the core.There are many interesting aspects about Luther's life and career that were well-explored throughout the movie and it was interesting to learn about aspects I wasn't familiar with. Revolving around his music, sexual identity and some of the issues he has faced, it was a good documentary about a talented musician who wasn't as well-known to the public, yet has an interesting background.
Read more IMDb reviews

2 Comments

Be the first to leave a comment