"...a new kind of chick flick or a pretty spectacular 3-D infomercial.... Either way, a sweetly entertaining, canny celebration of the pop heartthrob du jour."
"The most memorable acting is by Coleman, 12, a veteran of a dozen films. He's not the usual cute-as-a-button little dude... he gets a lot of great lines and delivers them with aplomb."
"...gives you a front-row view (and sometimes a drummer's-eye view) of the irrepressible rock god. Watch him rock out on the 21-minute 'Hidden Path' and spin acoustic tales... You can see it, you can hear it, but you really can't feel it."
"...is not about gripping storytelling and award-winning cinematography. It's more a document of a moment... of a fiercely focused, misunderstood recluse who seemed very much alive and as thrilling as ever."