Sara Bareilles: Good Grief

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  • 1hr 31m

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Release Date:

Sep 2, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 31m

Synopsis

Follows Grammy winner Sara Bareilles as she records her first album in seven years with close friends and fellow musicians, creating compositions that emerged from profound personal loss and grief.
Moviegoers are saying
This Sara Bareilles documentary about creating her album 'Good Grief' transforms viewers into sobbing messes while showcasing the underappreciated artist's extraordinary vocal abilities and profound humanity. Audiences are praising it as essential viewing that captures the raw beauty of grief, infertility struggles, and human connection through music, with many calling it the best $10 they've ever spent.
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Tear-Jerker
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Emotionally-Devastating
Achingly-Beautiful
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  • Sep 2, 2026

    I sobbed for 90% of this having little to no connection with Sara Bareilles, so I can’t even imagine how impactful it was for true fans. Monday was my last day working at the IVF clinic and watching this doc today felt really divinely inspired. I had a few patients that had…

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    macechatty
    macechatty
    Sep 2, 2026

    i wish i could rate this higher, it’s undeniably one of the best things i've ever seen. this should be required viewing for every musician, every artist, every person who has ever loved so deeply that it fills your chest and weighs you down. leave it to sara bareilles to…

    12 Likes
    kirstengilmore
    kirstengilmore
    Sep 16, 2026

    SB does not get even half the hype she deserves for her vocal abilities. I love witnessing people do what they're good at & watching artists make art. Sara has always been one of my top 2 favorite musicians and, for reasons made evident in this doc, one of my favorite…

    6 Likes
    Shelby Anne Taylor
    Shelby Anne Taylor
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    Sep 2, 2026

    "forever" nearly did me in.

    9 Likes
    InBetween
    InBetween
    Jun 4, 2026

    As a nation we don’t talk about Sara Bareilles enough. Her voice is unmatched. Such an incredibly sad doc but also super funny and charming. Sara deserves nothing but the best

    8 Likes
    carscar
    carscar
    Jun 4, 2026

    tribeca 25 #3 usually find these making of an album pseudo-documentary films just okay… but in the first 10 minutes there’s a conversation between sara, the keyboardist and guitarist and they are talking about trying for kids, ivf, and how hard it’s been - as someone that…

    7 Likes
    Kenn R
    Kenn R
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    Sep 2, 2026

    I too love an invitation to cry in public about my grief

    7 Likes
    scrowther
    scrowther
    Sep 2, 2026

    she makes me feel so profoundly human

    7 Likes
    mrwelde
    mrwelde
    Jun 4, 2026

    Watched this sitting 4 rows behind Sara while I sobbed the entire time, just as god intended. The most stunning display of feelings❤️‍🩹

    7 Likes
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How long is Sara Bareilles: Good Grief (2026)?
The movie is 1hr 31min long.
What's Sara Bareilles: Good Grief (2026) about?
Follows Grammy winner Sara Bareilles as she records her first album in seven years with close friends and fellow musicians, creating compositions that emerged from profound personal loss and grief.