Shine a Light Reviews

Shine a Light Reviews Overview

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• IMDb: Shine a Light External Reviews  
• The Hollywood Reporter: Shine a Light Review (February 8, 2008)
• Variety: Shine a Light Review (February 7, 2008)
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Shine a Light Good Reviews

• Rolling Stone (3.5/4): Shine a Light Review
  • " This you-are-there spellbinder is a master director shining his light on the best rock band on the planet."

• The New York Times: Shine a Light Review
  • "The visual rhythms and unobtrusive editing reflect the contradictory status of the Stones as a majestic rock institution and a gang of down-and-dirty bad boys thumbing their noses at propriety while scooping up all the girls."

• EW.com (B+): Shine a Light Review
  • "Shine a Light is a blistering parade of hot rocks, but it's never quite startling, like Stop Making Sense, or transcendent, like Scorsese's The Last Waltz. What it captures is a band that has figured out the best way to endure — by becoming eternal."

• Chicago Tribune (3.5/4): Shine a Light Review
  • "The images in Shine a Light are pretty beautiful, and the collaborators do especially well bringing out the visual music of the duets."

• The Austin Chronicle (4/5): Shine a Light Review
  • "Martin Scorsese’s Shine a Light will prompt myriad reactions – shock, awe, glee – but dismissal will be in the minority."

• Newsweek: Fun With Mick & Keith  
  • "Scorsese and his editor, David Tedeschi, spin this prize footage into a kick-ass two-hour celebration of rock-and-roll longevity."

• The New York Observer: It’s Only a Rock ’n’ Roll Documentary (But I Like It!)  
  • "Shine a Light makes me feel as if I had never really seen the Stones before in their 45-year career, including their extensive screen exposure."

• E!Online (B-): Shine a Light Review
  • "You want to see something impressive? Watch these so-called geezers light up the stage for two hours. They don't even need CGI to pull it off."

Shine a Light Neutral Reviews

• Village Voice: Shine a Light: Some Country for Old Men
• "One would hope that, after The Last Waltz and No Direction Home, Scorsese might venture beyond making a glossy episode of Ripley's Believe It or Not. Nope, and we're not supposed to question it: Like the Stones, Marty's earned the right to coast, especially in his senior years."

• The Arizona Republic (3/5): Shine a Light Review
  • "Although the film is expertly made...it offers almost nothing new for fans of the Stones, or of Scorsese."

Shine a Light Bad Reviews

• Cinematical: SXSW Review: Shine a Light
  • "if Scorsese's name were not on the film, I would have zero expectations and been pleasantly surprised to see that the Rolling Stones are still working hard in concert. But with Scorsese's name attached, I wanted more."