Masterfully edited, the film combines footage the band made for its Web site and footage shot by Kopple and Peck over the last two years. The filmmakers are clearly in awe of the Chicks' fighting spirit.

Shut Up and Sing tells the story of three young women whose belief in America is bred in the bone, and it shames their critics.

I came round to them by the end, but it's not a great introduction.

A stirring tribute to what it really means to be an American, Shut Up & Sing tells the story of three women whose struggles with hypocrisy, misogyny, and idiocy allowed them to emerge as inspirational icons.