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22 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIt's a depressing story made even more of a downer by the absence of any Stones-performed music from their prime '60s years.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThorogood allegedly confessed on his deathbed (in 1993) that he killed Jones, and while the movie convinces us that this might have happened, it never truly reveals who Brian Jones was before he fell apart. His indulgence, and his demise, play out in a void.
- 50PremierePremiereA clichéd rock-star film.
- 50L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonDespite good performances from Gregory, Considine and especially David Morrissey, the movie's true merits are all on the surface: its uncannily authentic period reconstruction and its successful use of stressed and textured film stocks. The filmmakers care more about this than about their characters, and it's hard for us not to feel the same.
- 42The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsApart from Considine, the actors all deliver superficial performances beneath several layers of slathered-on Summer Of Love drag, and Woolley's use of multiple film stocks and flash-cut editing jumbles together a bunch of '60s filmmaking clichés without putting them to any particular use.
- 40Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThis UK drama by Stephen Woolley, a longtime producer for Neil Jordan making his directing debut, presents a fairly convincing version of what might have happened.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenA disappointingly dreary affair.
- 30Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterThe rock hero starts out dead and so does the movie.
- 25Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversCould 1960s-style sex, drugs and rock & roll really have been this dull?