
Aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to find a subject for their underground movie, one that will reflect the way it feels to be young and dissatisfied in postwar London. This unlikely partnership of two men from vastly different backgrounds was inspired by the burgeoning youth culture of the early 1960s. Lambert and Stamp searched for months and finally found in a band called the High Numbers a rebellious restlessness that was just what they were looking f... (Full plot summary below)
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Aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to find a subject for their underground movie, one that will reflect the way it feels to be young and dissatisfied in postwar London. This unlikely partnership of two men from vastly different backgrounds was inspired by the burgeoning youth culture of the early 1960s. Lambert and Stamp searched for months and finally found in a band called the High Numbers a rebellious restlessness that was just what they were looking for. Abandoning their plans to make a film, they instead decided to mentor and manage this group, which evolved into the iconic band known as the Who. The result was rock 'n' roll history.
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| Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyThe band's first managers take center stage in this fascinating time capsule of swinging '60s London: Kit Lambert was a blue blood with a dizzying musical IQ; Chris Stamp had the Carnaby Street flash. |
| Seven DaysRick KisonakCinematographer James D. Cooper makes his directorial debut with this entertaining, if incomplete, account of how the six men made it together as far as the creation of the rock opera Tommy before self- destructing. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonThe movie loses its early momentum, when "Lambert and Stamp" so vividly captures the energy of 1960s England, the sounds and images of a generation coming of age. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekNot only a music documentary that's worthy of its subject, but an exceptional work of pure filmmaking. |
| Paste MagazineMark RabinowitzFirst things first: If you're a fan of The Who, you're going to love Lambert & Stamp. |
| Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreFascinating, but almost as chaotic and disorganized as the band itself |
| Empire MagazineSimon CrookAt two hours, things get flabby around the rock-opera era, but the film fizzes and clatters with anecdotes. |
| The ListAngie ErrigoThis fascinating documentary - packed by cinematographer-turned-documentarian James D Cooper with a kaleidoscope of archive footage and informed by illuminating, funny and affectionate interviews - can scarcely fail to entertain and charm. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesAn engrossing business story that approaches the band as a showbiz concern, recognizing the two managers as full creative partners and probing their relationships with the fractious musicians. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsThe two fellows who managed the Who aren't so well known, but what they represent about their era - and the extent to which they documented it - makes "Lambert & Stamp" the cinematic equivalent of an ambitious double album. |