The Public Image Is Rotten

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The Public Image Is Rotten

2018

1h 43m

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Music

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16 Reviews

83%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

British rock icon John Lydon and his fellow bandmates recall the years they spent performing as Public Image Ltd.

Owen Gleiberman

Variety

Oct 29, 2018

The Public Image Is Rotten is a documentary that serves its potential audience well.

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Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

Sep 27, 2018

Watchable and intermittently entertaining, if hardly incisive, and slightly over-long at 105 minutes, The Public Image Is Rotten includes much that will be of interest only to devotees.

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Sep 14, 2018

2/4

Diehard fans may enjoy The Public Image is Rotten, but there's not a lot here that they-or even adventurous newbies-can't get more of elsewhere.

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Terry Staunton

Radio Times

Nov 11, 2025

4/5

Lydon is an engaging interviewee, especially when recounting his struggles to keep the band going.

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Ren Jender

Miami New Times

Jan 17, 2019

[The Public Image is Rotten] makes one wonder: Does anyone still care?

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Armond White

National Review

Nov 2, 2018

This documentary, directed by Tabbert Fiiller... features the good fun of Lydon's raconteur rants and his willingness to always up-end expectations.

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Synopsis

British rock icon John Lydon and his fellow bandmates recall the years they spent performing as Public Image Ltd.

Director: Tabbert Fiiller
Producer: Tyler Brodie, Tabbert Fiiller, Hunter Gray, Phaedon A. Papadopoulos
Distributor: Abramorama
Production Co: Verisimilitude
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 14, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.3K
Runtime: 1h 43m

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