Love to Love You, Donna Summer

Love to Love You, Donna Summer

Directed by Roger Ross Williams, Brooklyn Sudano

Produced by HBO Documentary Films, Motto Pictures

2023107 min7.1 / 10

An intimate, archival portrait of Donna Summer's life and career that balances the exuberance of her disco legacy with her later spiritual journey and personal struggles.

The extraordinary story of disco queen Donna Summer through a rich archive of unpublished film excerpts, home video, photographs, artwork, writings, personal audio and other recordings that span the life of one of the most iconic performers ever to shake a room to its timbers. From her early career with Giorgio Moroder in Germany, to later years more focused on spirituality and family life as a shelter from troubles associated with both notoriety and intimate wounds, her story is all the more special for being told in the first person – both singular and plural.

Questions people ask

  • Is Love to Love You, Donna Summer violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Love to Love You, Donna Summer easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Is Love to Love You, Donna Summer sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Does Love to Love You, Donna Summer end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Love to Love You, Donna Summer scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

56/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity54

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise45

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love72

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Love to Love You, Donna Summer, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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