‘Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road’: A Breezy But Surface Introduction To The Beach Boys Legend [Tribeca Review]

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Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticEven if you think that Brian Wilson is God — and yes, I do — you could easily say that we don’t need another documentary about him.

that like?” and “That must have been really cool.” Despite his attempts to coax stories out, Wilson typically remains terse, unrevealing and generally ill-at-ease at being questioned.

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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterWithout Brian Wilson, the world would be devoid of West Coast anthems like “California Girls,” “Good Vibrations” and “Surfin’ U.S.A.”The musician and record producer, who founded the Beach Boys in 1961 with his brothers Dennis and Carl, as well as their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine, is the subject of a new documentary, “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road.”Directed by Brent Wilson, who has no relation to the singer, the film is premiering at this

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well told.The postscript — that he's a survivor nearing age 80 who appears to be supported personally and professionally in a way he never really had before — is less familiar.Despite some uncomfortable moments in “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road,” that important update is the point of the documentary that premieres Tuesday at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.The film's heart is a series of drives around southern California, where Wilson and Rolling Stone magazine editor Jason Fine talk,

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