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Stoned (2005)

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Average Rating: 3.7/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 16

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Average Rating: 3/5
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The final days of one of the truly legendary figures of British rock & roll are explored in this biographical drama, which marks the directorial debut of veteran producer Stephen Woolley. Brian Jones (played by Leo Gregory) was one of the founding members of the Rolling Stones, and his incisive blues guitar style, broad range of musical influences, and striking blond good looks helped establish him as part of the true royalty of the British music scene. But by 1969, Jones' life had begun to

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama

Jul 4, 2006

Screen Media Films

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All Critics (54) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (40) | DVD (4)

Leo Gregory's performance as Jones fails to capture his rebel charisma, and the film, like its subject, winds up all wet, floating without direction, and lifeless.

May 4, 2006 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Comment
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Even The Doors looked like a model of clarity next to this.

April 14, 2006 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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A flat riff on Jones's short life. You'll get the highlights but no sense of what made him special -- or what really haunted him.

April 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment (1)
Washington Post
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Almost so bad it's good. Almost.

March 24, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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Played with such an utter lack of charisma by Leo Gregory, Jones comes across as a rocker so drug- and ego-addled he doesn't have enough sense to lie down.

March 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Newsday | Comment
Newsday
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With its low budget, unadventurous script and notable lack of any Stones recordings it has the look and feel of a TV movie.

March 24, 2006 Comment
New York Post
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Except for copious amounts of male and female nudity, Stoned has absolutely nothing to recommend it.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

Never finds a way to interest us in what made Jones tick.

May 4, 2006 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | Comment
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Thorogood apparently confessed, on his deathbed, to murdering Jones, but the movie doesn't give us much of a clue why.

April 29, 2006 Full Review Source: New Times | Comment
New Times

...a lacking rock-n-roll biopic that has more disjointed disillusionment than a muddy Woodstock hippie.

April 19, 2006 Full Review Source: Movie Eye | Comment
Movie Eye

I would rather be stoned than have to watch Stoned.

April 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | Comment
Reeling Reviews

A typical, but very effective chronicle of yet another man's downfall in the black hole that is fame through rock and roll, and the complacent enabling of his friends and family.

April 4, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

You can't exactly blame Jones for leading such a clichéd rock-star life. You can, however, blame director Stephen Woolley for making such a clichéd rock-star film.

April 4, 2006 Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | Comment
Premiere Magazine

More than just another dead-celeb biopic, this is an effective evocation of the era in which Jones lived and died.

April 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

This is one of the worst of the year -- both '06 and '66.

March 31, 2006 Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | Comment
San Diego Union-Tribune
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Audience Reviews for Stoned

I didn't know too much about the death of Brian Jones before watching this film, just had an interest in the music by The Rolling Stones, so it was an interesting watch. It didn't really show Brian Jones in a good light, I'm not quite sure how accurate this was? The focus really is on Brian Jones and Frank (a

August 3, 2006
76Majikat

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Any Rolling Stones fan should see this.

August 27, 2011
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