{"id":3411,"date":"2016-06-19T10:03:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T14:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3411"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:57:43","slug":"janis-little-girl-blue-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3411","title":{"rendered":"Janis: Little Girl Blue-2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Janis: Little Girl Blue- 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Amy Berg<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Janis Joplin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #420<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed- June 19, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a fan of Janis Joplin’s classic 1960s and early 1970s bluesy rock n’ roll, I enjoyed watching a documentary about the star’s life and times was a great experience.<\/p>\n

The film sheds light on the mysterious rocker who was gone way too soon, with undoubtedly much more to say.<\/p>\n

Janis was one of the most authentic, real performers of her time.<\/p>\n

A big voice in a man’s world, impressive still, is that she wrote all her songs herself.<\/p>\n

The documentary is well put together as it traverses Janis’s early days as an insecure teenager living in rural Texas. Never a beauty, Janis was insecure like most teenagers are.<\/p>\n

She was always a pistol and prided herself on being different and outspoken, often ruffling feathers in her conservative town, especially for the time.<\/p>\n

Janis preferred hanging out with boys and being “one of the guys.”<\/p>\n

One aspect I found interesting about this documentary is how it explores Janis’s home life, well before she became a successful singer.<\/p>\n

Taunted in school for being different because she was a painter and a thinker, she lived in a largely racist town and had a conflict with others who were not as progressive as she was.<\/p>\n

Janis’s sister and brother appear throughout the documentary and share interesting tidbits about her home life and conflicts with her parents.<\/p>\n

Sadly, they forged a pleasant relationship, but never really mended fences before Janis’s untimely death.<\/p>\n

The documentary explores her relationships with other rockers of the time and shares more than one festival performance, giving a glimpse of what kind of performer she was.<\/p>\n

She improvised and put her heart on the line, intense and brutally honest.<\/p>\n

A lost soul with enormous talent and raw power, Janis Joplin is missed, but thankfully we still have her incredible music to carry on.<\/p>\n

Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) is a great documentary that offers a cherished overview of a tremendous artist’s life and times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Janis: Little Girl Blue- 2015 Director Amy Berg Starring Janis Joplin Scott’s Review #420 Reviewed- June 19, 2016 Grade: B+ As a fan of Janis Joplin’s classic 1960s and early 1970s bluesy rock n’ roll, I enjoyed watching a documentary about the star’s life and times was a great experience. The film sheds light on … Continue reading Janis: Little Girl Blue-2015<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240,46],"tags":[5278,5282,5279,5280,1498,5277,1627,1024,5281],"class_list":["post-3411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2015-movie-reviews","category-documentaries","tag-amy-j-berg","tag-bob-weir","tag-cat-power","tag-clive-davis","tag-dick-cavett","tag-janis-joplin","tag-juliette-lewis","tag-kris-kristofferson","tag-melissa-etheridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3411"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24869,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411\/revisions\/24869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}