Here's a little story they're about to tell... Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of the band, Beastie Boys, and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend and collaborator, Spike Jonze.... (Full plot summary below)
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Here's a little story they're about to tell... Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of the band, Beastie Boys, and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend and collaborator, Spike Jonze.
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| The PlaylistJason BaileyIt is, in essence, a two-hour curtain call, a celebration of not only their music but their friendship, and a chance for the duo to have the last word on their legacy. |
| Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzThe trip through their history is a trip through the 1980s and ’90s, and Diamond and Horowitz offer the unique perspective of people in the middle of it then who are on the outside looking back, knowledgeable observers who know more now than they knew then. And isn’t that the idea? |
| UproxxMike RyanThis is a film that’s hilarious, sad, and for some reason features an entire montage set to Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.” |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoThis is more than mere fan service slide show. It is a joyous, infectious story of the human capacity to change, and the importance of creative freedom to guide that change. |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayEqual parts celebration and self-congratulation. |
| EmpireAlex GodfreyA filmed stage show with barely any bells and whistles, this is an endearing trip through time, via a band who constantly changed the game. And the music is immense. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanBeastie Boys Story is less seamless, but more personal, than a classic documentary. Horovitz and Diamond are infectious company, and the film does a meticulous job of presenting the evolution of Adam Yauch, who was always on the edge of technology (it was his idea to tape-loop “When the Levee Breaks”), as well as postmodern pranksterism. |
| TheWrapSteve PondIf a movie about this band of self-described “f—ing jerks” can make you feel emotional, maybe that’s proof enough that Spike Jonze didn’t need to get adventurous with this one — the material did it for him. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDan FienbergNot surprisingly, it's a love letter, far more polished and smoothed-out than the genre-defying trio might have deserved in their anarchic heyday, but as warm and reflective as you might expect from the middle-aged men they are now. |
| The New York TimesA.O. ScottIt’s a jaunt down memory lane and also a moving and generous elegy. |
