Little Richard: I Am Everything

It's so cool and so fun. He is such a charismatic and fascinating figure.

There’s too much life, unpredictability and jubilation for Little Richard: I Am Everything to dwell on lost years and opportunities.

Does an impressive job of reminding us how much generations of rock stars, from Tom Jones to Mick Jagger, Elton John and Prince, have owed to Little Richard, and how radical his presence was in a world not yet ready to pay for his talent.

Audiences will be dancing to “Tutti Frutti” and toe-tapping to “Lucille” as this Oscar-bound documentary about “Little Richard” Penniman unfolds.

A gripping and erudite polemic about the musical and cultural importance of Little Richard eventually stumbles into saccharine sludge in an otherwise buoyant documentary.

Richard’s amazing life is examined with rare objectivity and insight.

A charismatically captivating conundrum.

Little Richard: I Am Everything is a scattershot but fairly interesting music documentary about one of the most dynamic, spirited men in rock and roll history.

It was interesting to learn more about this iconic figure… so much I didn’t know.

It wasn’t put together in a way that I found interesting