Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary
2024 · Movie · 95 min · ★ 6.9 · 73% critics
This music documentary traces how a smooth, jazz-tinged strain of late-1970s and early-1980s soft rock was later nicknamed “Yacht Rock,” shifting from chart-topping popularity to being mocked and dismissed. Through interviews and a playful, retrospective lens, it explores how the sound’s reputation changed over time and why it’s being embraced again.
Also known as Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary
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Streaming on HBO Max.
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Details
- Original title
- Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-11-14
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (24 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like music history, nostalgia, and spirited debates about what a genre even is; Not for you if you want a strict definition or dislike soft rock—similar to Western Stars.
Pros: fun nostalgic deep dive; lots of musician interviews; warm, humorous tone | Cons: fuzzy genre definition; premise feels reductive; some choices feel stretched
Themes
- music history
- soft rock
- music documentary
- yacht rock
Cast & crew
Kenny Loggins
as Self
Christopher Cross
as Self
Michael McDonald
as Self
Steve Porcaro
as Self
Steve Lukather
as Self
David Paich
as Self
- PP
Prince Paul
as Self
- BJ
Brian Robert Jones
as Self
Thundercat
as Self
Questlove
as Self
Directed by Garret Price