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  • 2024
  • PG-13
  • Disney+
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2024
  • PG-13
  • Disney+
  • 1 h 53 m

Summary “The Beach Boys” is a celebration of the legendary band that revolutionized pop music, and the iconic, harmonious sound they created that personified the California dream, captivating fans for generations and generations to come. The documentary traces the band from humble family beginnings and features never-before-seen footage and all-...

Directed By: Frank Marshall, Thom Zimny

Written By: Mark Monroe

  • 2024
  • PG-13
  • Disney+
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2024
  • PG-13
  • Disney+
  • 1 h 53 m

The Beach Boys

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary “The Beach Boys” is a celebration of the legendary band that revolutionized pop music, and the iconic, harmonious sound they created that personified the California dream, captivating fans for generations and generations to come. The documentary traces the band from humble family beginnings and features never-before-seen footage and all-...

Directed By: Frank Marshall, Thom Zimny

Written By: Mark Monroe

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90
May 24, 2024
The Beach Boys documentary has everything you’d want in a music documentary— a compelling story behind the nostalgia, the main figures being open and honest about the rise and fall, interesting conversations, and great music.
By Alan Ng FULL REVIEW
80
May 27, 2024
The Beach Boys makes up for its narrative familiarity by exploring some of the lesser-known behind-the-scenes tidbits.
By Mark Beaumont FULL REVIEW
70
May 24, 2024
Running less than two hours at a time when four-hour rock docs are not unusual, this is a swift, compact telling, with surprisingly little in the way of music and whole swaths of recording history skated over. But it looks fantastic, with a bounty of archival photographs and home movies, many of which are new to me, even as a veteran of these things.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
70
May 24, 2024
While hardcore fans won't learn anything they didn't already know, 'The Beach Boys' documentary is a perfectly entertaining love-letter to the SoCal band.
By Nate Richard FULL REVIEW
60
May 24, 2024
Any deviations from the film’s obligatory timeline tour are very welcome, like a mortifying studio recording of Murry holding forth, and it’s a treat to hear the esteem for Brian among the Wrecking Crew, the storied group of session musicians.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
50
May 24, 2024
A documentary should produce more than what would result from just listening to a band's collected discography. But you’d get nearly as much from a marathon of Beach Boys recordings as you would from watching this two-hour film.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW
50
May 24, 2024
The Beach Boys is a breezy CliffsNotes version of the band’s ups and downs and cultural relevance and should interest established fans — even if they know it all already — and younger music enthusiasts who are looking for a window in.
By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company The Kennedy/Marshall Company, White Horse Pictures
Release Date May 24, 2024
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline The Definitive Look at America's Band.
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