Broadway Idiot
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  • Summary: Broadway Idiot follows Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong from a punk rock concert at Madison Square Garden to the opening of his musical American Idiot on Broadway - only ten blocks away, but worlds apart. From behind the curtain share in the crazy journey of turning the mega-hit album into a punk rock musical - and ultimately see how the world of theater transformed Billie Joe.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Odie Henderson
    Oct 11, 2013
    88
    I love this kind of backstage documentary, which is not surprising for someone who has "All That Jazz" and "All About Eve" on his all-time top ten list.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Guy Lodge
    Oct 13, 2013
    70
    A straightforward account of the show’s journey from conception to rehearsal to Great White Way triumph, it effectively doubles as a traditional let’s-put-on-a-show musical in its own right, albeit one with heavier guitars.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    Oct 10, 2013
    60
    As a chronicle of how one rock star slowly fell victim to the Broadway bug, it’s kind of amusing.
  4. The Dissolve
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Oct 8, 2013
    50
    As a stand-alone documentary, it begs for more conflict and a broader canvas from which to explore the contemporary theater scene.
  5. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    Oct 14, 2013
    50
    The doc is slickly packaged, but it suffers from the pat reality-TV feel of manicured sound bites where greater candor and fly-on-the-wall observation might have been welcome.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Oct 11, 2013
    50
    If Broadway shows had DVD featurettes, the unexceptional documentary Broadway Idiot would be perfect for one.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Kyle Ryan
    Oct 9, 2013
    25
    This documentary by rookie director Doug Hamilton plays more like a featurette on an American Idiot DVD than a stand-alone film.

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