85
Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyMovies don't get any more real than this.
- 100Boston GlobeBoston GlobeThe impact of this stunning film - and the lessons to be learned from it - are as remarkable as when it was first released 30 years ago.
- 100Miami HeraldCurtis MorganMiami HeraldCurtis MorganRemains a remarkable, almost timeless study.
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanRemains the only rock & roll film that exerts the saturnine intensity of a thriller.
- 100Village VoiceAmy TaubinVillage VoiceAmy TaubinA pop culture document for a mass audience.
- 100San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoTimeless, and as fine a depiction of human folly as you're likely to see at the movies.
- 80L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertSignals the real end of the party, charting a denouement that arcs from blissful ignorance to violence and its ever-present threat to a final retreat.
- 80VarietyVarietyCaptures that petulant omnisexuality that made many adults consider Jagger a threat to their daughters, sons and household pets alike.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleIt remains as unsettling as ever.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe topic is well-suited to the Maysles brothers, who helped pioneer reality-centered "direct cinema" techniques.