82
Metascore
28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA great, searching, incendiary chronicle of the Sex Pistols, the razor-hearted visionaries of punk anarchy.
- 100Film.comPeter BrunetteFilm.comPeter BrunetteTemple's wonderfully entertaining film brings the era back in all its confused and tentatively revolutionary glory, and bracingly demonstrates that the Pistols still have the power to shock.
- 88Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisChicago TribuneJohn PetrakisThe concerts are hypnotic, the music is swell, and the entire package moves along at just the right pace.
- 88New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanThis bizarre, original and brilliantly crafted documentary about the Sex Pistols is funny and at times moving -- despite all the ugliness and stupidity it depicts.
- 88San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisIf nothing else, The Filth and the Fury is a searing, forceful, entertainingly biased reminder only that the English group mattered - as musicians and as anti-social curs.
- 88Boston GlobeBoston GlobeThis is a warts 'n' all portrayal - there's no dodging the feelings of both disgust and amusement.
- 80The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensElectrifying.
- 75USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkIrritates in the early going when many of the current-day interviews are so intentionally underlighted that we can't see what the group members look like.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA film as arresting and at times as frustrating as the Pistols themselves.