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

Owen Gleiberman

Variety

10/29/2018

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

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Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

09/27/2018

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

09/14/2018

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

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

01/17/2019

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

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Armond White

National Review

11/02/2018

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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