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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 02 Nov 2011

Jagger is often shot straight-on, veiny arms outstretched, white-hot lights illuminating his skinny form (and, um, bared belly)…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 15 Oct 2011

The film does not stand up to the current crop of music/concert films like U2 3D, which brilliantly uses 3-D to show the Irish band in concert…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 28 Jul 2011

As the director of the documentary Shine a Light, Martin Scorsese is a besotted rock ’n’ roll fan who wholeheartedly embraces its mythology…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 12 Dec 2010

Shine a Light provides the clearest and most intimate viewing experience of the band to date…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 23 Oct 2010

At times, the cutting shifts from the hasty to the impatient to the borderline epileptic, and, while never doubting Scorsese’s ardor for…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for Time (1,811) on 20 Oct 2010

Shine a Light isn't the record of a unique event, so it's not on the exalted level of The Last Waltz. But it has its own fascination…

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By Nick Rogers (786) for The Film Yap (559) on 30 Sep 2010

Once the Rolling Stones push Jumpin' Jack Flash's tempo toward a cliff, Scorsese treats Shine a Light like a character piece about artistic…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 05 May 2010

Unanswered question: If this is what Keith Richards' face looks like when he goes on stage, what does he look like when he gets up in the morning…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 05 May 2010

Shine A Light pays tribute to the band's essential agelessness…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for Premiere (771) on 20 Mar 2010

It's kind of amusing to see slinky Christina Aguilera sing the Live With Me line about a score of harebrained children, as she clearly hasn't…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 Feb 2010

Shine a Light may not be the last Rolling Stones movie, but it's likely to be the last one with a touch of the poet about it…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 05 Dec 2009

Shine a Light is one of those lions-in-winter affairs, and Jagger, who has a body fat count of negative 67, can still dance like a maniacal…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 14 Aug 2009

Shine A Light is essentially just an expertly made concert film. But what a concert! (And what a camera team.)…

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By Elysa Gardner (4) for USA Today (4,117) on 02 Apr 2009

The genius of Scorsese's film, which is being shown in IMAX in 93 theaters, is that it reveals the Stones' mortality while celebrating all…

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By Ryan Cracknell (408) for Movie Views (286) on 17 Aug 2008

More than a concert film, Scorsese's Shine a Light not only throws yet another spotlight on the rockers but also carves out a story to pay…

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By Jeremiah Kipp (262) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 27 Jul 2008

Even an average performance by the Rolling Stones isn't boring…

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By John J. Puccio (1,217) for Movie Metropolis (1,779) on 13 Jul 2008

an exhilarating and wholly engrossing event…

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By Joseph Proimakis (212) for Movies for the Masses (212) on 28 Jun 2008

Mia hliara entyposiaki, minimalistiki binteoskopisi mias hliara apolaystikis synaylias, poy se fernei arketa prosopo me prosopo me ton Jagger,…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 27 Jun 2008

Shine a Light has two maestros, Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger, and once they begin to mesh, around the third or fourth song, they put on…

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By Todd Gilchrist (762) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 11 Jun 2008

But the success of this documentary may ultimately qualify as faint praise since what it really confirms is that rock 'n' roll's greatest glories…

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