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N M Solid movie. Enjoyed it multiple times. Critics don’t know what they’re talking about as usual. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/25 Full Review Audience Member The movie was great and unexpected. I didn't go into it expecting anything and was thrilled by the story with big twists near the end which brought an even greater clarity of why some of the main characters did what they did. A raw glimpse of the poor, disturbed and ignored with a rough stench of Teenage Excitement. I was unfamiliar with any of the bands so hearing music from an unbiased angle helped me ground my expectations more towards reality where most humans would have experienced the film. If you like justice and a true hero story in the realm of reality I think you will like this film. Not all the music was good but this is a film not an album. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/07/25 Full Review GPXgirl K This just proves. Some ppl shouldn’t review movies. If you find the music, loud, strange and irrelevant. I guess rock music isn’t your thing. I don’t know, who would ever find rock music, much less the history of it irrelevant, but anyway. Maybe you should switch to some more your style. Like a Britney Spears movie or Taylor swift. I loved it. Music was amazing, acting was great, tons of great actors too. Comic book style was cool too. Was a bit slow at times, but still worth watching if you love rock music culture! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/27/24 Full Review Blu B This is a mess but it has so much potential for a great story about a slacker revolutionizing a culture and it just never can figure out how to tell it in a cohesive manner. The cinematography isn't good and is a complete mess. The comic book Warriors style doesn't go with the realisitic settings and dull colors at all of the live action. This needed to find someway to be more creative, colorful, and have more creative camerawork in order to make that work. The settings aren't that memorable, even the main bar, and the lighting is lifeless half the time. The bands themselves are pretty memorable and the best part is the middle when we see all the punk icons perform. There very memorable and distinct. Too bad it can't figure out how to make it seem like anything oher than a MTV music video compilation. The music is the most bizarre thing, it's just ok overall. How this doesn't have the most kickass soundtrack of the 2010's for a movie is beyond me and a crime with the subject matter. When the bands perform it's pretty good and the best part but most of the time it just has what I can only describe as Punk Rock Elevator Music playing in the background most of the time. And it's so forgettable and plays constantly. The acting is ok. I don't know how to feel about Rickman here, a pretty rare thing. I see what they were going for here with him but he just seems off at times, miscast, passable, and other times bizarre. Whoever chose grint as a punk rocker was really clever actually. Everyone else is just kind of ok too. The editing and pacing aren't that good either. This is very jumpy in the first third, becomes a Punk Rock compilation in the second which is arguably the best part, and becomes about Hilly growing up kind of in a very unfocused manner. It can never tie all the stuff going on around Hilly with his own character. This feels like a biopic and a music compilation documentary drama that can never figure out how to make it all work together. I would say unless your a hardcore punk and big fan of any actors here to skip this. You'd probably get more bang just watching a documentary video on this. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/13/24 Full Review mark g When you are talking about CBGB,you are talking about the club that kickstarted the careers of all my favorite bands of all time. The Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, etc.. So obviously this film was of interest to me. It starts kinda flat and took about 40 minutes to get going. Not a great movie, but Hilly and the club deserved a film, at least they got one. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/12/24 Full Review Sean L Maybe my expectations were low , but I thought this was awesome. The music is incredible. It ripped along at a great pace. Grab some beers & pizza. Maybe knock over the pizzas early on though, those dunnies & the dogs bowels are disgusting! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/21/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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