One Direction: This Is Us

Name: One Direction: This Is Us
Released: 2013-8-30
Cast: Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson

PG
1h 32m
2013

63%

age 8+

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ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US is a captivating and intimate all-access look at life on the road for the global music phenomenon. Weaved with stunning live concert footage, this inspiring feature film tells the remarkable story of Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis's really like to be One Direction. Directed by Morgan Spurlock (SUPER SIZE ME) and produced by Simon Cowell, Adam Milano, Spurlock and Ben Winston.

Director:

Morgan Spurlock

Producer:

Morgan Spurlock, Simon Cowell, Adam Milano, Ben Winston

Cast:

Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

63%

Critics Consensus: It's mostly for the converted, but One Direction: This Is Us will be fun for fans -- and it offers just enough slickly edited concert footage to entertain the casual viewer.

Reviews

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

If your teen or 'tween is a fan you can certainly go far more wrong than taking them to this light yet reasonably entertaining band.

"This Is Us" is packed with nonstop energy and cheeky good fun, courtesy of its likable young leads.

The film is just plain fun to watch and the music is poppy and quite lovely at times.

Unabashedly an upbeat, snazzily shot infomercial that accentuates and overdoes the positives of this well-scrubbed quintet, Us still manages to capture the lads' refreshing ability to remain basically who they were while coping with life-altering changes.

It smells less like teen spirit than money, yet it bottles the carefree zest of pure pop so irresistably even non-Directioners will find themselves happily bip-bip-bopping along.

April 6, 2021

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Common Sense Media

age 8+

Common Sense Says

Like 1D, concert docu is clean cut, with tiny bit of edge.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that One Direction: This Is Us follows the international concert tour of Britain's most popular boy band since the Beatles. The documentary, directed by Academy Award nominee Morgan Spurlock, chronicles how Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry, and Louis went from being a bunch of humble British/Irish boys who could sing to becoming a near-overnight sensation -- first in the United Kingdom and then the world. There's some mild language (including a couple of uses of "ass"), several glimpses of the One Direction guys shirtless (including camera shots of their tattoos), and some romantic song lyrics. Fans -- particularly tween/teen girls -- will want to see this on the big screen.

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Genre:Documentary
Release Date:August 30, 2013
Languages:English
Captions:English, Spanish
Audio Format:
5.1
Screen Pass Eligible:Yes

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