The Dirt
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): March 22, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
7
Negative:
7
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The GuardianStephen SmartMar 23, 2019
What makes the film most successful are the four performers. The standout is Baker (better known as rapper Machine Gun Kelly) who plays Tommy Lee with both a sweet naivety and an insidious mischievousness that make some of the darker moments sneak up on you without feeling unearned. Read full review
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New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottMar 22, 2019
I'm not sure how much of The Dirt is good, old-fashioned hyperbole. Good lord, I hope a lot of it is, although I'm sure the band -- the members of which wrote the book on which the film is based in addition to serving as co-producers -- would swear everything in it is true. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubAlex McLevyMar 23, 2019
But even with the absurdist spectacle making for occasionally fun viewing, what has room to rise and fall in a 400-plus page book gets condensed into trite moralizing in 108 minutes. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichMar 23, 2019
None of it adds up to much beyond painting the band, despite their often repellently bad behavior, in a flattering light. Read full review
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Rolling StoneDavid FearMar 25, 2019
That this retelling has no time for the facts, given the book’s dodgy relationship to the truth, isn’t shocking. That it feels this surprisingly fun-free and generic to a fault, frankly, kind of is. Fans deserve better. If any of them want to collectively sue for defamation of character, let me know where to sign. Read full review
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New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaMar 23, 2019
Its own pointlessness may keep The Dirt from feeling like an actual affront to humanity, but that doesn't make it very good, either. Read full review
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VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 23, 2019
It’s just a thinly written (by Rich Wilkes and Amanda Adelson), generically staged (by Jeff Tremaine, director of the “Jackass” films) VH1-style sketchbook of a movie — which is to say, it’s a Netflix film, with zero atmosphere, overly blunt lighting, and a threadbare post-psychological telegraphed quality that gives you nothing to read between the lines. Read full review
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