Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Release Date: March 31, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatMichael Ferraro
The Beastie Boys have delivered the ultimate gift to their fans and the title couldn't be more perfect. Read full review
80
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
A killer concert film, an ecstatic testament to the joys of fandom and a tribute to the democratizing potential of moviemaking technology. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Get ready to be shaken and stirred. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Alternately hypnotic and headache-inducing. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneJessica Reaves
The result: a swirling, kaleidoscopic take on a familiar concept, and a raucous, you-are-there atmosphere. Read full review
75
PremiereJessica Letkemann
Obviously, if you don't like the Beasties or live music, arena-style, it's unlikely that you'll like their movie. But if you've ever even privately caught yourself nodding your head to "Brass Monkey," or you have a soft spot for the big-venue concert experience, Awesome rocks. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Needless to say, anyone who's not entirely down with the beastly noise of the Beastie Boys will hate every second of it. This one's strictly for -- and, for the most part, by -- the fans. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
It's raucous and loud as hell; the hyperactive editing could trigger grand mal seizures. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
It's the next best thing to being front and center. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
If you're not a Beasties fan, you'll get almost nothing out of this after about two minutes. But if you like the band and want to see them rock hard in front of their oldest fans, it's a tasty treat. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis Harvey
The sense of immediacy and excitement is contagious. Read full review
70
Village VoiceLaura Sinagra
With Awesome's insistence on professional sound--only a few times do we get sonically dropped into the cavernous, thumping Garden--and cuts to pristine close-ups of things like Mixmaster Mike's admittedly sick scratch detail work, it plays like a hype victory lap rather than a boundary-smashing study of fan curiosity or pathology. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
The movie starts to drag near the end and feels longer than its 90 minutes - but that's cool. It's a love letter to the faithful in the first place. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Cutting to the beat of the Beasties' propulsive rap, Hörnblowér creates an experience that is simultaneously low-fi and state-of-the-art. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
After this movie, the Beasties and their fans, camera-totin' or not, are left drenched, exhausted, delighted. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Boils down to a performance film with abysmal sound in which you rarely get to see a good, revealing close-up of the stars. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Awesome will please fans of the band, but expect little crossover to nonfans. No new ground is broken here. From a cinematic point of view, Awesome represents simply a monumental postproduction salvaging effort. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNathan Lee
As for the authorial conceit - assembling the movie from giddy, spastic, amateur photography captured from every part of the arena - at best it yields energetic perspectives on the show, at worst it looks like a cellphone video camera having an epileptic seizure. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderBob Mehr
Eventually the shaky, grainy visuals grow tiresome, but director Nathaniel Hornblower (aka Beastie Boy Adam Yauch) keeps things lively with a variety of editing tricks and sly humor. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle Smith
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. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleNeva Chonin
The result, although a great idea, doesn't translate into a great movie. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
For the most part, the film is a chaotic blur of disconnected movement that re-creates the feeling of an unforgettably bad concert experience. Read full review
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