Crossfire Hurricane
HBO | Release Date: November 15, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York PostLinda StasiNov 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: If you weren't born when the Stones broke all the rules, you will get to see why these old guys were/are the greatest of all time. If you were around then you already know, but you still won't believe it. Read full review
91
Uncle BarkyEd BarkNov 16, 2012
Season 1 Review: No cameras were allowed for this [interviews with the band], making it sometimes difficult to decipher just who's talking during the otherwise brilliantly edited archival footage assembled by filmmaker Brett Morgen Read full review
90
SlateTroy PattersonNov 15, 2012
Season 1 Review: Using new audio-only interviews with the Stones as invisible tape, [director Brett Morgen] splices 50 years of footage into a 110-minute education, remixing the work of earlier filmmakers with splendid editing and a critical eye. Read full review
83
HitfixAlan SepinwallNov 16, 2012
Season 1 Review: If Crossfire Hurricane doesn't offer much that's new, or tell a spellbinding story along the way, it still vividly captures how they became legends in the first place. Read full review
80
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandNov 15, 2012
Season 1 Review: Crossfire Hurricane is deeply enjoyable for the songs--from "She's a Rainbow" to "Brown Sugar"--and for the extraordinary trove of archival film it has assembled. Read full review
80
TimeJames PoniewozikNov 15, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's not a movie for music geeks, in the sense of unpacking the band's influences or closely analyzing how their songs worked. Instead it links the music to the members' stories, trying to capture how the electricity of the group's personalities created art. It's not a revelation, but it's an intimate story of the band. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonNov 15, 2012
Season 1 Review: [A] thoroughly captivating Rolling Stones documentary. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertNov 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: It's a more visceral impression of a band on fire, and as such it offers plenty of satisfaction. Read full review
80
Denver PostJoanne OstrowNov 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: The goal is not an academic history but a backstage, groupie-eye view. While it's familiar territory for longtime Stones fans, it works. Read full review
75
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesChuck BarneyNov 15, 2012
Season 1 Review: Crossfire Hurricane deftly blends vintage concert footage, TV broadcasts, pieces of key songs and clips from other documentaries in with voiced-over highlights from 80 hours of fresh interviews with current and past band members--all conducted off-screen. Read full review
75
NewsdayGlenn GamboaNov 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: Though they certainly cover the heady early days, filled with screaming girls and their cultivated persona as the anti-Beatles, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards aren't afraid to keep it real. Both show some interesting insights into their success.
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandNov 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: Hurricane is a whirling impressionistic painting of the band, beautifully conveying the energy, drive and genius of the Stones, more or less chronologically within the basic flashback structure. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydNov 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: It is, for all its two and a half hours, a streamlined retelling, organized more around energy and atmosphere than facts and figures. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonNov 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: Crossfire Hurricane is business as usual from the Stones, and good fun on its own terms. However, anyone expecting buried treasure or fresh insights into ancient rock folklore will get no satisfaction here. Read full review
70
VarietyLeslie FelperinNov 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: Compared with Martin Scorsese's exhaustive docus about Bob Dylan and George Harrison, Crossfire feels almost too brisk and workmanlike. But like a good concert, it ably balances major hits, back-catalogue oddities and plenty of showmanship. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyNov 15, 2012
Season 1 Review: The Stones have been better showcased and explained than they are in Crossfire Hurricane. Still, as personalities and musicians, they never fail to provide a good measure of satisfaction. Read full review
50
SalonRoger CatlinNov 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: while there is always another clip or song of interest, there's a lot lost in the middle. Read full review
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