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      Stoned

      R 2005 1 hr. 42 min. Biography Drama List
      16% 51 Reviews Tomatometer 44% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score Following dismissal from the band he co-founded, former Rolling Stone Brian Jones (Leo Gregory) hangs around his country estate in a drug-addled funk. The band's manager (David Morrissey) hires Frank Thorogood (Paddy Considine) to fix up the decaying house and keep an eye on Jones, but a number of weeks later, Jones dies in a swimming pool under mysterious circumstances. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Dec 15 Buy Now

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      Poorly cast and sloppily assembled, Stoned turns one of rock 'n' roll's most darkly fascinating mysteries into a cinematic tragedy all its own.

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      R. K I don't know how some movies are cast so well and then this... The opposite. Acting is Hannah Montana like.. The characters are silly.. Nothing good to say.. It was unwatchable. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The script and story seem reasonable (though I don't know enough about the Rolling Stones' history to judge how historically accurate they are), and the production design and cinematography are quite nice - vivid costumes and believable sets and locations. Most of the damage to the film was done during post-production. Plodding psychedelic "trip" sequences, retro-sixties cliches, and the editors match every key moment with a period song (usually not by the Rolling Stones), i.e. "White Rabbit" for when characters take LSD for the first time, "Ballad of a Thin Man" for when Jones gets fired). The death scene has harsh string music over it, a la Hitchcock. The problem with the chronological jumps is not that they're confusing, but that they serve no purpose. Our knowledge of the characters is not advanced or deepened by them; their only apparent purpose is to make the film seem sophisticated (at which they fail). Jones and Thorogood are both portrayed entirely unsympathetically, as indeed are all the characters, with the possible exception of one of the witless girlfriends. At the end, you wanted them all to drown in that pool. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member An alright biopic about the Rolling Stones member Who started it all. The movie was kind of boring, Brian Jones mean makes a character named Frank his play thing and you have to endure his antics which are the entertaining. It gives you look in the life that he lead before his death. In the end you don't really care about the guy. I wash is just to get something I wash is just to go look at the Rolling Stones and maybe get into their music. There isn't any of their music in this. At least not that I can tell. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A decent low budget bio-film on the mystery of the now forgotten founder of the Rolling Stones. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member This film of the final days of one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones, Brian Jones was a fairly good attempt at capturing the essence of the icon. However it is a film that could have been much better and it had the potential of being so much more than what it turned out to be. I really liked the film, and I do think it is underrated and it doesn't deserve the flack it has received. Acting wise, there are some good performances and it is nonetheless a worthwhile film to watch even if it is not perfect. I have seen far worst biopics than this, and Stoned is at least well acted and tells a compelling story that should appeal to fans of the band. If you're a casual film viewer, you may not like this as much, but for Stones fans, this is a great viewing. I really enjoyed the way this film was made, but like I said before, it could have been done better. The potential was there to really make this a high caliber biopic about an icon, but in the end, it is viewed more as a curiosity than anything else. Stephen Woolley directs a confident cast that do their best with the material and they pull something quite good. With this one, don't listen to the critics, make up your own mind about it and go in with an open mind and you may enjoy it. The performances alone save this one from being a total dud, and the lead actor Leo Gregory is very impressive in the part of Brian Johnson. For what it is, it's a watchable biopic that overcomes its weaknesses by its cast, and that's the most important part. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member It was a nice piece of historical fiction, but it was hard to understand at times because it had a bad case of the quiet mumblies. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      J. R. Jones Chicago Reader A fairly convincing version of what might have happened. Jun 28, 2022 Full Review Ty Burr Boston Globe Even The Doors looked like a model of clarity next to this. Rated: 1.5/4 Apr 14, 2006 Full Review Desson Thomson Washington Post A flat riff on Jones's short life. You'll get the highlights but no sense of what made him special -- or what really haunted him. Apr 6, 2006 Full Review David Lamble Bay Area Reporter The makers of Stoned needed Mick's help, certainly the rights to cuts from the band's discography, avoiding a disappointing soundtrack featuring The Counterfeit Stones. May 11, 2020 Full Review Felicia Feaster Creative Loafing Stoned is a strange - and deeply unsatisfying - exhumation of the Brian Jones legend. Jan 29, 2020 Full Review Alberto Abuín Espinof A correct film full of good music, but that perhaps disappoints the fans of the Rolling Stones. [Full Review in Spanish] Jun 28, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Following dismissal from the band he co-founded, former Rolling Stone Brian Jones (Leo Gregory) hangs around his country estate in a drug-addled funk. The band's manager (David Morrissey) hires Frank Thorogood (Paddy Considine) to fix up the decaying house and keep an eye on Jones, but a number of weeks later, Jones dies in a swimming pool under mysterious circumstances.
      Director
      Stephen Woolley
      Executive Producer
      Paul White, Gary Smith
      Screenwriter
      Robert Wade, Neal Purvis
      Production Co
      Audley Films
      Rating
      R (Nudity|Language|Drug Use|Sexuality)
      Genre
      Biography, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Rerelease Date (Theaters)
      Mar 24, 2006
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Dec 9, 2009
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $36.6K
      Sound Mix
      Dolby
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