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CBGB
Directed by
Randall Miller
R
2013
1h 41m
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6.6
7%
43%
6.3
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A look at the New York City punk-rock scene and the venerable nightclub, CBGB.
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CBGB Ratings & Reviews
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Judy Berman
Unless you're morbidly curious about how one of the loudest, strangest, and most irreverent and original moments in rock history can be transformed into a jukebox musical for the entertainment of precisely no one, there's no need to see CBGB.
Easy Reader (California)
Neely Swanson
There's a lot of information presented in the film; I only wish that it had been more engaging as it should have been.
The Film Stage
Forrest Cardamenis
With nonexistent character depth, abysmal storytelling, and an aesthetic gimmick that hurts the film far more than it helps, all CBGB only benefits from a killer soundtrack.
Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
You figure a movie that features the Ramones and Blondie would be so extraordinary and energetic, but "CBGB" makes them seem so mundane and unimportant.
EntertainmentTell
Stephen Silver
Plays like it was written and directed by people who have never listened to or heard of punk rock in their lives
Variety
Scott Foundas
The music rocks, but little else does, in Randall Miller's sitcom snapshot of New York's iconic punk incubator.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
A lightweight love song to a legendary rock club, Randall Miller's CBGB plays in many ways like a Greatest Hits record, re-packaging a beloved band's oeuvre for sale at shopping malls.
RogerEbert.com
Christy Lemire
"CBGB" ain't no party, it ain't no disco, it ain't no foolin' around.
Film Journal International
Tomris Laffly
CBGB generally feels like a misstep, with self-aware characters all stuck in a movie that can't decide what it wants to be stylistically.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
I would swear on a stack of Dead Boys T-shirts and a first pressing of Richard Hell and the Voidoids' "Blank Generation" that it could not possibly have been like that: so silly, so trivial, so boring.
New York Post
Farran Smith Nehme
In place of punk's howling rage, you get gross-out jokes that include at least a half-dozen close-ups of the poop from Kristal's bowel-challenged dog.
NPR
Mark Jenkins
This is not a film for purists or quibblers.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
Whatever may be there, Miller doesn't quite capture it.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
The movie feels like a Las Vegas imitation of a place that was once scuzzily, beautifully alive.
The Dissolve
Keith Phipps
No doubt a decent movie could have been made about the behind-the-scenes life of CBGB, but CBGB isn't it.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
I'm here to tell you why I enjoyed CBGB despite its terribleness. Or rather, because of its terribleness.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
Punk may not be dead, but this picture is D.O.A.
Film.com
Kate Erbland
The absolute antithesis to the pioneering punk spirit it tries to portray.
Slant Magazine
Tomas Hachard
As the film moves from one musical performance to another, the result increasingly feels like a series of celebrity impersonations set to a best-of-punk compilation album.
Village Voice
Brian McManus
CBGB misses the opportunity to educate. But its biggest sin, unlike many who performed there, is that it also misses the opportunity to entertain.
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