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One Direction--This is Us (PG)

One Direction--This is Us (PG)

Documentary, Music

Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis' meteoric rise to fame, from their humble hometown beginnings and competing on the X-Factor, to conquering the world and performing at London's famed O2 Arena.

More information on this production is available at www.1dthisisus-movie.com.

The critical consensus

Morgan Spurlock’s 3D documentary about One Direction has just enough grit and insight to stop it seeming like simply a glossy promotional vehicle for the boy band phenomenon.

***(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 21/08/2013

1D in 3D: the closest thing to a Shine A Light for Directioners.

***(*)(*)Anna Smith, Empire Online

You can manufacture bands, but you can’t manufacture fans, and This Is Us acknowledges and celebrates their role in creating the global 1D phenomenon, an anthropological angle that elevates the film slightly above the level of ephemeral merchandise.

***(*)(*)Graeme Virtue, The List, 29/08/2013

Oh no, I’m feeling a little strange. I’m starting to tap my toes to some annoyingly catchy music. That’s it, I’m a gonner....

***(*)(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 28/08/2013

At a time when Take That and New Kids are still on the block, it’s quite refreshing to see a boy band that actually features boys, not men.

***(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman.

This is as squeaky-clean a product as ever emerged from the stable of Simon Cowell, whose unbelievably sinister appearance I imagine will one day be exposed as a hologram.

***(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 30/08/2013

Watch A Hard Day's Night and see a new kind of new coming to life. Watch This is Us and see the final creepily vibrating spasms of that new life.

Paul Morley, The Observer, 25/08/2013

I suspect a previous, wackier idea for the film was ditched in favour of a slick promotional video about their jaw-dropping global tour, but I also have to admit that this is a rather watchable record of a phenomenon.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 29/08/2013

This is for the fans and to this end, it allows them to preserve the fantasy that the band still belongs to them.

***(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 01/09/2013

This is the rock revolution reduced to the level of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Philip French, The Observer, 01/09/2013


Features about One Direction--This is Us (PG)

One Direction: This Is Us

Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman.

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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