P!nk: All That I Know So Far (2021 | USA | 99 minutes | Michael Gracey)
I haven’t seen every major pop star in concert, but I have seen many: Britney, Lady Gaga, Prince, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, Taylor Swift (twice), Katy Perry (again, twice), Nicky Minaj (also twice), Kelly Clarkson (thrice). Of all of the pop shows I’ve been to, though, Pink put on the best performance. Easily. It was a high energy experience that was part rock/pop show, and part Cirque du Soleil. None of the aforementioned pop stars would attempt the things on stage Pink made look easy.
When I saw Pink live, it was in 2009, and from the looks of her 2019 tour, depicted in the new behind-the-scenes documentary P!nk: All That I Know So Far, it’s still an elaborate spectacle, in the best possible way. (For the sake of consistency, that’ll be the only time I use an exclamation point in place of an “I.”) Directed by The Greatest Showman’s Michael Gracey, it follows Pink and her family across the European leg of her “Beautiful Trauma” tour.
Pink’s most devoted fans should love this movie. It gives them a lot of access behind the scenes to the pop star and her husband, BMX star Carey Hart and their children, plus Pink talks a lot about what her fans mean to her, even reading some emotional tweets that were sent to her before her big show at Wembley Stadium in London. Hart comes across as a chill guy and devoted father, balancing out his intense, perfectionist wife.
Would more casual fans (where I basically stand) and non-fans find anything to enjoy in this documentary? I think so.
There are two things I most enjoyed from this concert doc: One is that it’s an up close look at a big deal concert tour. There are so many logistics that need to be worked out for the show to run smoothly. The other is that her children (older daughter Willow and younger son Jameson) are adorable. There are a few funny moments when the pop star lets her guard down. In one, one of her children is being unruly and she says, “People say they like Pink because she takes no shit from anyone, but I actually eat shit for breakfast.”
For the most part, though, Pink is portrayed as how she wants to be: a hardworking perfectionist that loves her children, very, very much, and her fans almost as much. The documentary climaxes at an epic concert at Wembley Stadium in London. This movie definitely makes me want to see Pink in concert again soon. And that’s the entire point.
tl;dr: This documentary will delight fans and please the curiosity of anyone interested in what goes into the production of a big, pop tour. But you’re also being hard sold on tickets the next time she tours.
P!nk: All That I Know So Far begins streaming on Amazon Prime on Friday, May 21.