Review of Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) by Dion D — 16 Sep 2016
Overwrought, juvenile, misogynistic, self-indulgent, pretentious and unrelenting in its jaundiced cynicism, Pink Floyd The Wall is buoyed by a tremendous soundtrack and imagery that sears into your mind's eye.
It takes both the strengths and weaknesses of the original album and blows them up to epic proportions, resulting in narcissism writ large. At its best, it is a darkly mythic reinterpretation of the rock-god dream; at its worst, its autobiographical elements create a confused hodgepodge of thematic elements that add up only to a laundry list of personal grievances.
Still, it's spectacular in turns.
This review of Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) was written by Dion D on 16 Sep 2016.
Pink Floyd: The Wall has generally received very positive reviews.
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