It Might Get Loud
Three generations of rock guitar innovators reveal how the electric guitar shaped their identities, sounds, and creative lives.
Overview
Three guitar legends come together to explore the electric guitar's profound impact on music and culture.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- energetic
- insightful
- affectionate
- music night
- guitar study
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an affectionate, insightful, and musically satisfying tribute to the electric guitar and three distinctive rock musicians.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film intercuts interviews, performances, and creative reflections from Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White.
The musicians discuss songwriting, sound-making, influences, experimentation, and their relationship with the electric guitar.
The electric guitar links the three musicians’ differing biographies, techniques, and artistic philosophies.
Close attention to playing technique, riffs, improvisation, and instrument sounds makes performance itself a primary attraction.
Films like It Might Get Loud, and why
Muscle Shoals
music documentary centered on influential performers, creative process, and intimate interviews
The Last Waltz
rockumentary combining archival performance footage, artist testimony, and affectionate music history
Gimme Shelter
energetic documentary portrait of musicians and the culture surrounding rock performance
Movie Details
- Director
- Davis Guggenheim
- Release Date
- 2008-09-05
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (201)
Cast
- Jimmy Page
- The Edge
- Jack White
- Link Wray
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is It Might Get Loud about?
- Three generations of rock guitar innovators reveal how the electric guitar shaped their identities, sounds, and creative lives.
- What is It Might Get Loud like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of It Might Get Loud as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is It Might Get Loud violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in It Might Get Loud.
- What did critics think of It Might Get Loud?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an affectionate, insightful, and musically satisfying tribute to the electric guitar and three distinctive rock musicians.
- Which films are like It Might Get Loud?
- Films with a similar feel include Muscle Shoals, The Last Waltz, and Gimme Shelter.
- How long is It Might Get Loud?
- It Might Get Loud runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch It Might Get Loud?
- In United States, It Might Get Loud streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.
