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By Mike Ryan (265) for Uproxx (697) on 20 Apr 2020

This is a film that’s hilarious, sad, and for some reason features an entire montage set to Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.”…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for IndieWire (3,631) on 20 Apr 2020

Much of the movie operates as a playful nostalgia trip, and at two hours that’s asking a lot, but Beastie Boys Story is also imbued with…

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By Jack Hamilton (12) for Slate (2,081) on 20 Apr 2020

In typical Jonze fashion, the film is loose and anarchic yet deceptively well-controlled, its fourth wall always in varying states of permeability…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 20 Apr 2020

Beastie Boys Story is less seamless, but more personal, than a classic documentary…

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By Alex Godfrey (59) for Empire (3,446) on 20 Apr 2020

A filmed stage show with barely any bells and whistles, this is an endearing trip through time, via a band who constantly changed the game…

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By Steve Pond (235) for TheWrap (3,203) on 20 Apr 2020

If a movie about this band of self-described “f—ing jerks” can make you feel emotional, maybe that’s proof enough that Spike Jonze…

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By Steve Erickson (207) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 20 Apr 2020

Often feels like a cross between a TED talk and a memorial service, but one gets the sense that Diamond and Horovitz are finally getting years’…

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By Daniel Green (105) for CineVue (2,163) on 20 Apr 2020

The tributes paid to Yauch throughout by both Horovitz and Diamond are genuinely touching, and it’s here that Beastie Boys Story breaks through…

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By Clint Worthington (295) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 20 Apr 2020

To be sure, the concept of Spike Jonze directing a Beastie Boys documentary conjures up flashier results than this…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 20 Apr 2020

This film is a time capsule of the 1980s: an era that was crass and excessive in so many ways, but now seems weirdly exotic…

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