It's hard to imagine, I know, but Shine A Light gives us the Rolling Stones in a fresh way.
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06/08/08
Shine a Light (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 115
Fresh: 99
Rotten:16
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Consensus: It may offer little new for fans, but Martin Scorsese's document of the Rolling Stones' electrifying live show should provide satisfaction to audiences.
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Theatrical Release: Apr 4, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $5,355,376
Synopsis: The music of the Rolling Stones has lit up the soundtrack to so many Martin Scorsese films ("Gimme Shelter" has appeared in no less than three of his features--GOODFELLAS, CASINO, and THE DEPARTED) that it's little surprise to find the... [More]
Starring: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Reviews for Shine a Light
Top Critic Shine a Light reinvigorates a slightly tired genre with an extraordinarily light touch.
06/08/08
Top Critic What this film delivers is a close-up of the band doing something they clearly love.
06/07/08
Top Critic As a concert film it's among the best: intimately shot, smoothly edited, endlessly involving.
05/30/08
Top Critic Shine A Light is pure rock’n’roll nirvana, standing mightily as one of the truly great concert films.
05/29/08
Top Critic It is stupendously filmed and, as edited by David Tedeschi over nine months, really captures the energy and spirit of the performances.
05/28/08
Top Critic If The Stones exemplify a life of drugs, sex and rock 'n roll, then bring it on! Unbridled energy rockets from the stage, especially from Jagger, whose physicality can be likened to a primal sexual urge: riveting, unforgettable and uplifting
05/22/08
Top Critic
It's unfortunate that the unfairest criticism one can level at Shine a Light is arguably the most legitimate as well: it's no Gimme Shelter
08/27/08
More than a concert film, Scorsese's Shine a Light not only throws yet another spotlight on the rockers but also carves out a story to pay tribute to the "Satisfaction" musicians.
08/18/08
A whirlwind demo of technical proficiency. It's recommendable on camera choreography and seamless editing alone.
08/04/08
mia hliara entyposiaki, minimalistiki binteoskopisi mias hliara apolaystikis synaylias, poy se fernei arketa prosopo me prosopo me ton Jagger, ton Richards kai t' alla paidia, oste na moiazei me kati poy tha mporoyse na ehei skinothetisei o Romero, kai se
06/29/08
But the success of this documentary may ultimately qualify as faint praise since what it really confirms is that rock 'n' roll's greatest glories happened 40 years ago...
06/12/08
I had a great time, and if you are actually a Stones fan, then you'll love it even more than I did.
06/08/08
This is basically a concert film, but when the band is the Stones and the director is Scorsese, it is a fantastic concert film.
06/05/08
Shine a Light is at once an ode to [Scorsese's] longtime muses, a look at the arc of their career, and a rollicking concert film.
06/04/08
The legendary rockers never did much for me musically, and so a film that's 95 percent live performance does even less.
05/02/08
Martin Scorsese and an ace crew of cinematographers have managed to catch the Stones on two nights in 2006 when the title of 'World's Greatest Rock Band' was rightfully theirs.
04/27/08
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