Gimme Shelter
Cinema 5 Distributing | Release Date: December 6, 1970 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
85
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Movies don't get any more real than this.
100
Boston GlobeSteve Morse
The impact of this stunning film - and the lessons to be learned from it - are as remarkable as when it was first released 30 years ago.
100
Miami HeraldCurtis Morgan
Remains a remarkable, almost timeless study.
100
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Remains the only rock & roll film that exerts the saturnine intensity of a thriller. Read full review
100
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
A pop culture document for a mass audience. Read full review
100
San Francisco ExaminerWalter Addiego
Timeless, and as fine a depiction of human folly as you're likely to see at the movies.
80
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
Signals the real end of the party, charting a denouement that arcs from blissful ignorance to violence and its ever-present threat to a final retreat. Read full review
80
VarietyStaff (not credited)
Captures that petulant omnisexuality that made many adults consider Jagger a threat to their daughters, sons and household pets alike. Read full review
76
Mr. ShowbizEditor
Disturbing, powerful essay on one aspect of the rock and drug culture at the end of the 1960s.
75
San Francisco ChronicleJames Sullivan
It remains as unsettling as ever. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The topic is well-suited to the Maysles brothers, who helped pioneer reality-centered "direct cinema" techniques. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
A strong example of the cinema verite style at work, yet few films of the school show up the crisis of its "noninvolvement" policy more tellingly. Read full review
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