Prince: Unauthorized

Release Date: 1992-08-14

Overview: The people usually left in a superstar’s wake — first managers, original band members, childhood friends — are good sources for two things: rare memorabilia and dirt. Unfortunately Prince: Unauthorized provides neither. This 50-minute documentary about Prince’s early years in Minneapolis tries to dissect the man by examining the boy. But though the filmmakers have excavated relatives, mentors, and grainy black-and-white photos of His Royal Badness sporting an outsize Afro, not one offers much insight into what makes this one-man music industry tick.

Rating: 7 / 10

Cast

Prince

as Self (archive footage)

Owen Husney

as Self

Chris Moon

as Self

Pepé Willie

as Self

Chazz Smith

as Self