Stevie Nicks: Through the Looking Glass

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.