
A mostly chronological look at the Rolling Stones with archive footage and recent off-camera commentary by Jagger, Richards, Watts, Wyman, Taylor, and Wood. Topics include virtually instant success (and fans' dangerous antics), becoming songwriters, press coverage as the anti-Beatles, Richards and Jagger's drug arrest and trial, Brian Jones' decline and death, fleeing the tax man to the south of France, a U.S. tour and the Altamont disaster, trading the bad boys image for bei... (Full plot summary below)
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A mostly chronological look at the Rolling Stones with archive footage and recent off-camera commentary by Jagger, Richards, Watts, Wyman, Taylor, and Wood. Topics include virtually instant success (and fans' dangerous antics), becoming songwriters, press coverage as the anti-Beatles, Richards and Jagger's drug arrest and trial, Brian Jones' decline and death, fleeing the tax man to the south of France, a U.S. tour and the Altamont disaster, trading the bad boys image for being fun onstage when Wood replaces Taylor,and Richards kicking smack: "The band comes first." The six also talk about what makes them a great rock and roll band.
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| Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertYou can almost track the arc of the Stones by studying how Jagger's face evolves over the course of the movie. |
| NewsdayGlenn GamboaMick Jagger and Keith Richards aren't afraid to keep it real. Both show some interesting insights into their success, with Jagger revealing how he portrays a different character for each of the band's singles. |
| Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonFortunately, these Mount Rushmore-faced rock icons still have sufficiently supercharged charisma and brilliant music to carry off such a transparently commercial exercise in self-promotion. |
| Empire Magazine AustralasiaEd GibbsNothing terribly new, but great fun, all the same. Morgan has assembled a hugely enjoyable, tightly edited journey through the Stones' creative heyday. |
| Denver PostJoanne OstrowTrue, it's a self-promotional exercise designed to coincide with a new greatest-hits album and featuring the band's closest participation in a documentary ever, but it's still fun to recap. |
| Salon.comRoger CatlinWhile there is always another clip or song of interest, there's a lot lost in the middle. |
| San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandHurricane is a whirling impressionistic painting of the band, beautifully conveying the energy, drive and genius of the Stones, more or less chronologically within the basic flashback structure. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloydhe music, at least, has remained unruly. They may be an institution, but they remain just crummy enough to keep from ever seeming slick. |
| HitFixAlan SepinwallIf Crossfire Hurricane doesn't offer much that's new, or tell a spellbinding story along the way, it still vividly captures how they became legends in the first place. |
| Toledo BladeRod LockwoodIf you're expecting a comprehensive chronological cataloging of the Stones and all their exploits, prepare to be sorely disappointed. |