Broadway Idiot

Released Oct 11, 2013

1h 21m

Documentary

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64%

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22 Reviews

73%

Audience Score

250+ Ratings

The transformation of Green Day's album "American Idiot" into a stage musical spotlights Billie Joe Armstrong -- the band's front man -- and his creative process.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Hamilton can't go too far wrong because American Idiot is such a killer collection of songs.

Nov 7, 2013

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Los Angeles Times

A fast-paced, thoroughly entertaining if hardly trenchant show biz documentary ...

Rated: 3/5

Oct 17, 2013

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

A pleasant if predictable documentary ...

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 17, 2013

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Phil Gallo

Billboard

Hamilton smartly integrates some superb concert footage of the band on its American Idiot tour — a great reminder of how powerful that record is and how well it connected with fans. It provides a sharp contrast to how different the Broadway experience is.

Jan 26, 2024

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Rita Cannon

Battleship Pretension

Feeling like a making-of featurette that somehow got stretched out to 80 minutes, Broadway Idiot has moments that are truly compelling, but they're few and far between, and the filler will be pretty boring to anyone who isn't already a fan...

Feb 16, 2021

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Jared Mobarak

The Film Stage

Despite it ultimately being a glorified behind-the-scenes feature, it's easy to get excited and hope the American Idiot traveling company has your city on its tour.

Rated: B-

Jun 22, 2016

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Quentin T

Billie Joe ripping his shirt off, so hot

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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StephenPaul C

The greatest 01 hour: and 21 minutes ever, featuring Billie Joe Armstrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Based on the career of Green Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/11/23

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Audience Member

Now I want to see the actual show.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

The biggest revelation is that Billie Joe Armstrong was not always a punk, but a theater kid singing show tunes in family home movies. This doc explores a little of what was going through Green Day's head when they originally made the American Idiot album released in 2004. Naturally, this doc focuses on translating that album to the Broadway stage. The theater production team is shown working on a story to tie the music together, the arrangements, the choreography, and the stage design, then Green Day is brought in to grant their approval. Eventually Billie Joe decides he wants in on the action. He joins the Broadway cast for a short time as his alter ego St. Jimmy, a character that he says is his dark side. A hard rocking behind-the-scenes streaming flick.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Decent look at the work that goes into creating a play with a killer soundtrack

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

I agree that this documentary was a little superficial, but overall you can't go wrong when it's about an awesome band's awesome record being turned into an awesome stage production.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Doug Hamilton

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Billie Joe Armstrong

Host

Michael Mayer

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Steven Hoggett

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Christine Jones

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Tom Kitt

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Synopsis

The transformation of Green Day's album "American Idiot" into a stage musical spotlights Billie Joe Armstrong -- the band's front man -- and his creative process.

Director: Doug Hamilton
Producer: Ira Pittelman
Distributor: Abramorama, FilmBuff
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 11, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 11, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.6K
Runtime: 1h 21m

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