* * *1/2 "Anita O’Day sang like an angel, lived like the devil and produced enough great music to fill a couple of lifetimes."
Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

* * *1/2 "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer" chooses from all the existing materials, and is invaluable.”
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“Her talent and will to survive are reasons enough to see this film.”
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

* * * * "O’Day’s life story has enough twists to fill several docs.”
Hank Sartin, Time Out Chicago

“I truly loved meeting the great Lady O'Day, and you will adore her and this film just as much.”
Steve Prokopy, Steve At The Movies, Gapers Block

* * * * “This superb documentary, successful on every level, brings us both the music and the woman, the song and the singer, from her early big band days”
Michael Wilmington, Movie City News

"An exuberant documentary...O'Day's resilience, humor, smarts and mystery shine throughout."
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times

“…fast-paced, enthralling.”
Stephen Holden, New York Times

"O'Day is the epitome of cool. A heartfelt documentary.”
Hilton Als, The New Yorker

“Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden's loving tribute to the great singer orchestrates archival footage, late-in-life interviews and some spectacular music into one of the better bio-pics of recent years.”
John Anderson, Newsday

“A high point shows O'Day, in a black-and-white hat and form-fitting dress, singing "Sweet Georgia Brown" at the Newport Jazz Festival. That scene alone confirms O'Day's place among the greats.”
V.A. Musetto,  New York Post

“A good deal livelier than the usual music-doc embalming… To watch her landmark tea-dress slink through "Sweet Georgia Brown" at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival is to hear every syllable expressed as if at the spark of conception, fully formed and felt.”
Jim Ridley, The Village Voice

“An intriguing portrait of an intriguing performer."
William Wolf, New York Calling