Beastie Boys Story

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Here's a Beastie Boys Story they had to tell, about three bad brothers you know so well. It started way back in history -- and for new or old fans, it's a must-see.

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Movie Info

In front of an audience, Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of the Beastie Boys and 40 years of friendship.
  • Genre:
    music, documentary
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Spike Jonze
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  • Production Co:
    Polygram

Cast & Crew

Mike D
Himself
Adam Horovitz
Himself
Spike Jonze
Director

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TV Premiere Dates 2020
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Critic Reviews for Beastie Boys Story

All Critics (78) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (73) | Rotten (5)

  • Beastie Boys Story [is] appealing even to rap novices, offering a rare opportunity for two artists to track their own creative, personal, and moral evolution.

    August 11, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

    Clarisse Loughrey

    Independent (UK)

  • "'What would Yauch do?' is always on our minds," Ad-Rock and Mike D admit, and that's about when I started tearing up. And stayed weepy throughout!

    May 9, 2020 | Full Review…

    Roxana Hadadi

    Pajiba

  • It's all pretty straightforward. But Diamond and Horowitz are great storytellers - no surprise there - and Jonze adds video clips and photos on the giant screen behind them (and makes the occasional mistake, played for laughs).

    May 3, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…

    Bill Goodykoontz

    Arizona Republic

  • ... the film is joyful, funny, life-affirming, and funky as hell. The Beasties have all these great memories about the band-and we do, too.

    May 1, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

    Max Weiss

    Baltimore Magazine

  • Beastie Boys Story is a tribute to that transformation, a movie about American masculinity and the delicate art of repenting in public.

    April 28, 2020 | Full Review…

    Josephine Livingstone

    The New Republic

  • Despite the relatively staid format, it still manages to be a lively and occasionally touching journey through success and failure, artistry and excess, industrial-strength brattiness and even a bit of hard-earned wisdom.

    April 28, 2020 | Full Review…

    Steve Pond

    TheWrap
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