Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.

[An] unpolished but ultimately intriguing film...

Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. is an illuminating and enjoyable portrait of one of the most interesting pop musicians of this century who, even after this, remains inscrutable in many of the ways that matter.

It is fascinating to watch M.I.A. develop into middle-age as, inevitably, the sum of her own best efforts.

Loveridge celebrates the mashup aesthetic that enabled the artist to find a voice, and reveals that reconciling contradictions... is key to both Arulpragasam's music and the life she's constructed with audacity and wit.

Inspires deep respect for the fierce and independent artist she is.

It is the synthesis of these contradictions, and how they've illuminated M.I.A.'s career path that makes up the spine of Loveridge's fascinating portrait.

...utterly fascinating...

A fascinating, if lop-sided, portrait of a musical maverick.

[M.I.A's] overarching story of art, politics and disenchantment, so common to the music documentary, is satisfying as an argument against artifice. M.I.A., the artist, activist and person, is everything you've heard and more.

A fascinating look at one of the most relentlessly talented and unique musicians working today, and the film fits the artist.

We get a searing intimate portrayal of M.I.A./Maya, with the documentary as her heartfelt diary and manifesto.

...this documentary is trying to evoke the coolness of M.I.A. and if there's anybody who doesn't deserve the disservice of a bland tribute it's M.I.bloody.A. (innit?).