The Beach Boys
Disney+ | Release Date (Streaming): May 24, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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90
Film ThreatAlan NgMay 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. Read full review
80
NMEMark BeaumontMay 27, 2024
The Beach Boys makes up for its narrative familiarity by exploring some of the lesser-known behind-the-scenes tidbits. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerMay 24, 2024
The film is a level-headed look at artists who promoted joy but lost their own. Read full review
70
Rolling StoneJoseph HudakMay 28, 2024
In the end, The Beach Boys is part an exploration of a family dynamic and a top view of one of America’s most important bands, with a soundtrack that is undeniably superb (a collection of songs released alongside the film is a must-listen). Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydMay 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. Read full review
70
ColliderNate RichardMay 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. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 28, 2024
The film that emerges feels sanitized, much like the band’s overall reputation over the decades, Nancy Reagan-approved California kids who harmonized like angels. Read full review
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