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  • 2015
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 57 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 57 m

Summary Aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to find a subject for their underground movie, one that will reflect the way it feels to be young and dissatisfied in postwar London. This unlikely partnership of two men from vastly different backgrounds was inspired by the burgeoning youth culture of the early 1960s. Lambert and S...

Directed By: James D. Cooper

  • 2015
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 57 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 57 m

Lambert & Stamp

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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Summary Aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to find a subject for their underground movie, one that will reflect the way it feels to be young and dissatisfied in postwar London. This unlikely partnership of two men from vastly different backgrounds was inspired by the burgeoning youth culture of the early 1960s. Lambert and S...

Directed By: James D. Cooper

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
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9% Mixed
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5% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
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100
Mar 30, 2015
James D. Cooper’s rollicking film is a heady return to Swinging Sixties England at the height of the Mod explosion that’s packed with primo archival material and killer tunes. It’s also a vigorous testament to the rewards of creative collaboration, shining a spotlight on two highly unorthodox, self-invented rock entrepreneurs.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
88
May 21, 2015
Opens the window on a pivotal time in 1960s (and early 1970s) pop culture.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW

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38% Negative
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80
Apr 23, 2015
The film is fascinating in its exploration of the give-and-take between art and commerce.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 2, 2015
Many great docs have been made about The Who (including the ecstatic “The Kids Are All Right”), but Lambert & Stamp gets closest to the band’s fragility and unlikely story. It captures the real-life mania that surrounded a group whose music came to embody it.
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75
Apr 30, 2015
Through some astonishing archival footage and perceptive commentary from Who guitarist Pete ­Townshend, the filmmaker puts the band in its complicated context as both reflector and creator of the postwar British teenage gestalt.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 7, 2015
An eye opener.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
38
Apr 1, 2015
Shot through with ’60s London energy, illuminating on several fronts and featuring bits of many great Who tracks, the film is nevertheless a mess that should be taught in film schools to illustrate how not to edit a documentary.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Motocinema
Release Date Apr 3, 2015
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating R
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Tagline Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp Hatched an Elaborate Plan. Somewhere Along the Way They Created a Phenomenon Known as THE WHO.
Website https://www.facebook.com/lambertstampmovie
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