Stevie Nicks: Through the Looking Glass (2013 Video) User Reviews

THRU A GLASS BRIGHTLY

[mmthos · 8/10 · 27 September 2021]

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All the facts and figures of Stevie's professional career are here, but best is the in depth analysis of her working and personal relationships, particularly Lindsay Buckingham, of course, influences on her and her influence on others and on rock/pop music in her time and her development as an artist and woman. Much archival footage, on and off stage and many, many interviews, with La Nicks herself, and with music professionals who've worked closely with her over the years. Downplays the sensationalistic aspects of drugs and sex, and concentrates on the nitty gritty rock-n-roll.

Through the Looking Glass

[DarylJGittings · 7/10 · 29 May 2024]

Stevie Nicks: Through the Looking Glass is two hour documentary that mostly focuses on Fleetwood Mac. Like another reviewer stated there's nothing from her childhood. The story starts in the late '60s with Stevie and Lindsey Buckingham being in a group called "Fritz". There's interviews with producer Keith Olsen, who tells the story of how the Buckingham Nicks album was released and flopped, but Mick Fleetwood liked the sound of the album and was interested in getting Lindsey Buckingham into the band. Mr. Olsen let Mick know that Lindsey and Stevie were a package deal.

Over half of the documentary focuses on Fleetwood Mac. There's really nothing to groundbreaking here. The majority of the interview footage is archived footage. There's maybe 3-4 people giving current interviews. One guy doesn't really seem to have the best opinion of Stevie. I did find Rick Vito to be respectful and kind speaking about Stevie.

As a big music fan, I enjoyed this for what it is, but it could have been better. If they had interviewed more people like Mick Fleetwood and Stevie herself instead of using archived footage for most of the documentary. Stevie Nicks is a musical icon and deserves a proper documentary. This is on par with something you would see on Reelz or VH1. There's really not a lot of new information, but as a fan of both Stevie Nicks solo career and Fleetwood Mac this is a decent watch.

Wow! I am the First Reviewer...

[nuke_houston · 10/10 · 19 October 2019]

I watched this with hesitation, i wanted to remember Stevie Nicks from the 80's, and Fleetwood Mac reunion DVD "The Dance" in 1997.

I always like to remember people on a positive note... without Too Much Information of their pain and misery.

But Stevie Nicks was born in 1948, still alive and well... so that's a positive.

The Documentary is a bit long at 2 hours, and a lot of British accents, so I just went to Wikipedia.

You also have to take all Documentary's with a grain of salt... they didn't mention that Stevie asked Tom Petty to become one of the Heartbreakers.

Not about Stevie Nicks

[coltjessica · 5/10 · 8 September 2022]

This is so not about Stevie Nicks. This is a Fleetwood Mac documentary. Its good as that but they're like click bait. We want to see about Stevie's life and we get the Fleetwood Mac documentary and how they all came about and rose up through the decades working together. I believe you can talk about Stevie without focusing on Fleetwood Mac. She is a fascinating person and while we know her from and leading and pretty much making Fleetwood Mac thieves they are ive always wanted to know more about her and her actual life.

Lastly theres this one guy just obviously hates Stevie and gives her off color compliments. Yeah he should be in a Fleetwood Mac doc to give his professional opinio but how disrespectful to put someone in talking trash about the so called subject of the film. I gave 5 stars because I love FM but geez NOT ABOUT STEVIE NICKS. Boooo on you click bait.

Absolute rubbish

[donnacameron-98108 · 1/10 · 25 February 2021]

A bunch of men hating on Stevie Nicks. This so called documentary is full of bias and mysogeny.

This misogyny is free flowing

[wyhwnj · 2/10 · 23 October 2021]

Some guy in a T-shirt with guitars all over it (while his name isn't mentioned because he has nothing but nasty things to say about her) he basically calls her overrated. That cracked me up, calling her unpopular when after Lindsey Buckingham took the blame for the overpriced production of Tusk she works on Bella Donna her first solo and it goes platinum and she has 4 hits on that album and they say she will never make good music like she made on "rumors" again. The newest interview was from early 2000's.

Don't tell the other A-list artists that wanted to work with her after the bloated Tusk (where her song "Sara" was the only popular song on that album at that time). In that timeframe of early 80's people like Kenny Loggins, Tom Petty, and, Don Henley (yes I know they dated but this was after they broke up, Henley is a perfectionist and he obviously didn't have a problem working with her and they had a previous personal relationship). So these clowns in the documentary know more than those previous musicians.

I think the problem is that this is an old documentary and offers nothing substantial for those that just have a passing knowledge of Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks. She is the first woman inducted in the rock and roll hall of fame as a band member and a solo artist. None of the interviews were original. The narrative referred to her success was due in part to her sexuality and that is why she was popular. There were snippets of authorized video interviews done by other journalists given by the band and Stevie and they pasted it together with their "opinions". I gave it 2 stars because they had the timeline almost right but that's about it. If you want to know about her read or listen to some interviews she has given like VH1 and some behind the music docs. Where she has actually told her stories not interpretations by people that couldn't get an authorization to do this documentary in the first place. It's just out of date. It is also a little homophobic as well. They should probably point that out in the synopsis.

What the ????

[jcp-96116 · 1/10 · 25 April 2023]

Truly a boring documentary about a great singer-songwriter. What's with all the totally uninteresting commentary from male music critics, producers, whatever. She's up there with Chrissie Hyde, Nina Hagen, Janice Joplin, Laurie Anderson, Joan Jett. What a piece of carp documentary. How did they ever get funding to do this? I could only watch for about ten minutes before I realized that the viewpoints were from a stick-up-their-asses group of producers who had access to way too much money for their own good. I really hope this film tanks. Even though I was never a big fan of Fleetwood Mac's videos (wasn't there one of them in a Rene Magritte painting?). Her talent outshone everyone in the band.

Unbelievably sexist

[niceastman1 · 1/10 · 16 January 2024]

I'm an enormous Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks fan and I was appalled by this documentary. Some schmuck repeatedly returns to insult Stevie Nicks and her talent. Who on earth did the filmmakers think would be tuning in to watch this documentary? People who hate Stevie Nicks? The critiques were as insightful as, and I'm barely paraphrasing, "Witchy, mysterious, sexy, blond...I never liked her." This documentary is an insult to all women. That obnoxious blowhard who kept insulting Stevie Nicks belonged at Lindsey Buckingham's dinner table, not in a documentary. Truly disgusting piece of work! 👎👎👎

Factual Errors

[bruce-79789 · 3/10 · 29 November 2023]

No, Nicks and Buckingham did not go to high school in LA. They grew up in, and went to high school and college in the Bay Area.

No, the "Fleetwood Mac" album did not swiftly rise to the top of the charts and make them superstars in short order - it took about a year of touring to really get things rolling.

There are some good interviews in this documentary, both with major players in the story and journalists. Some of the journalist commentary is insightful, some annoying. Nicks "owned her own sexuality" - what exactly does that mean?

The story completely skips Nicks' childhood, to the point of the filmmakers not seeming to know where she grew up. Did she like to sing as a child? Was her strong personality apparent even then? How do you skip this stuff?

As I watch this, I'm not getting a sense of being closer to knowing who Nicks is as a person. It's more of a "this happened, than that happened" approach. A wasted opportunity.