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Summary A formally innovative feature film experience, the Beastie Boys handed out 50 cameras to audience members at their sold-out performance in New York's famed Madison Square Garden in October 2004. These 50 different passionate perspectives shot from the point-of-view of the audience take the viewer deep inside the world of a live Beastie B...

Directed By: Adam Yauch

  • 2006
  • R
  • THINKFilm
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • THINKFilm
  • 1 h 30 m
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Metascore Generally favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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User Score Mixed or average
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Summary A formally innovative feature film experience, the Beastie Boys handed out 50 cameras to audience members at their sold-out performance in New York's famed Madison Square Garden in October 2004. These 50 different passionate perspectives shot from the point-of-view of the audience take the viewer deep inside the world of a live Beastie B...

Directed By: Adam Yauch

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Metascore
Generally favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
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23% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
16 Reviews
23% Mixed
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5% Negative
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100
The Beastie Boys have delivered the ultimate gift to their fans and the title couldn't be more perfect.
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75
It's raucous and loud as hell; the hyperactive editing could trigger grand mal seizures.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
75
The result: a swirling, kaleidoscopic take on a familiar concept, and a raucous, you-are-there atmosphere.
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70
Cutting to the beat of the Beasties' propulsive rap, Hörnblowér creates an experience that is simultaneously low-fi and state-of-the-art.
By Kevin Crust FULL REVIEW
70
The sense of immediacy and excitement is contagious.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
50
The film quickly ceases to be of interest to anyone but dedicated fans. The novelty of the deliberate ugliness wears off after a song or two.
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25
For the most part, the film is a chaotic blur of disconnected movement that re-creates the feeling of an unforgettably bad concert experience.
By Bill White FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Oscilloscope
Release Date Mar 31, 2006
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
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Tagline Finally, Hörnblowér is taking back what's his.
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