Pink Floyd - The Wall

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Pink Floyd - The Wall

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In this visual riff on Pink Floyd's album "The Wall," successful but drugged-out musician Pink (Bob Geldof) is looking back on his isolated childhood from the confines of a Los Angeles hotel room. Through a swirl of flashbacks and chemical-induced hallucinations, Pink recalls his lonely upbringing, during which he built a symbolic wall to the world as he coped with the death of his father (James Laurenson) and the overbearing ways of his mother (Christine Hargreaves).

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Critics Consensus

Pink Floyd's expression of generational angst is given striking visual form The Wall, although this ambitious feature's narrative struggles to marry its provocative images and psychedelic soundtrack into a compelling whole.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

This isn't the most fun to listen to and some viewers don't find it to much fun to watch, but the 1982 film is without question the best of all serious fiction films devoted to rock.

Rated: 4/4

Nov 6, 2018

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Yardena Arar

Associated Press

It's a pretty grim portrait, but even worse it is often repetitive and boring. There are probably enough powerful segments for half a dozen or so outstanding rock videos but not a full-length feature.

Oct 23, 2018

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Bruce McCabe

Boston Globe

The film is explosively wild, raw, primitive, sometimes inarticulate. It is also totally theatrical and compelling. It's film as primal scream; seething with anger, alienation and despair.

Apr 27, 2018

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Quentin Crisp

Christopher Street

The scenes of violence are marvelously put together. It is hard to realize that we are watching fiction... However, although The Wall is horrifying, it is not lurid; we are never allowed to derive from this film any satisfaction for our kinkiness.

May 7, 2024

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Not for everyone.

Rated: B-

Aug 3, 2022

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

What is the price of fame and is it vicariously experienced in concert with the successful or is it in the foundational underpinnings of a life lived in turmoil. Pink Floyd The Wall attempts to examine this unusual notion in cinematic form.

Rated: 4/4

Feb 12, 2022

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Mark

Awesome movie, it's a musical to most of the wall cd. There's no real talking or anything.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/15/24

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comrade L.

plz release for purchase on digital

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/12/25

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Enrico S.

Scene by scene, especially the cartoon sections, is not bad, but as a whole movie, even for a band aficionado, this film is just too intense.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/21/25

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Lee C

Incredible and very moving. The story is well written, animations psychedelic and of course the soundtrack is a masterpiece. I recommend reading the stories of each song on The Wall after watching to understand the film more.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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john h

A great musical stylistically and, of course, musically with a haunting and extraordinary soundtrack. It conveys themes of dealing with the loss of one's guardian and how consuming instant fame is - all wrapped up into a load of subtle, surreal, striking, emotional imagery that touches the heart of the Pink Floyd fanbase as well as introducing others to the cult following that is Pink Floyd.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/31/25

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Lanfranco C

Is it possible to accept a wall around us or a place (to be a brik) in the wall?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/02/25

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Synopsis

In this visual riff on Pink Floyd's album "The Wall," successful but drugged-out musician Pink (Bob Geldof) is looking back on his isolated childhood from the confines of a Los Angeles hotel room. Through a swirl of flashbacks and chemical-induced hallucinations, Pink recalls his lonely upbringing, during which he built a symbolic wall to the world as he coped with the death of his father (James Laurenson) and the overbearing ways of his mother (Christine Hargreaves).

Director: Alan Parker
Producer: Alan Marshall
Screenwriter: Roger Waters
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Tin Blue, Goldcrest Films, Ltd., Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rating: R
Genre: Musical, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 6, 1982, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Jan 25, 2005
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Magnetic Stereo 6 Track, Dolby Stereo, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)