Whether ridiculing their own fashion mistakes or showing regret over the misogyny of early lyrics, our hosts are candid in the telling of their group's rise, fall and resurgence.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2024

If you listen to Beastie Boys, Jonze’s technique — a familiar blend of rough and smooth, high tech and low tech — comes correct. If you don’t listen to Beastie Boys, the movie serves as a biographical and musical introduction.

| Feb 7, 2024

Diamond and Horovitz take a nostalgic look back on their band and friendship, spanning over 40 years, for a story that blends love and music.

| Oct 7, 2022

Watching Ad Rock struggling to talk about his departed friend MCA is heartbreaking. It's part of the honesty that makes the film feel valuable and important, and not a cash-in.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 8, 2022

...a music documentary banana split with extra cherries. "Bigger than Captain Crunch."

| Original Score: A- | Jan 25, 2022

Structured under chapters that shout funny randomness (much like the sound that designed them as a band), Beastie Boys Story is a great homage to a band that never settled and constantly evolved.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 23, 2021

A memorable and extremely moving documentary. [Full review in Spanish]

| Apr 26, 2021

If you're a longtime fan of the band, "Beastie Boys Story" undoubtedly will stir memories, unearth feelings. And even if you're not, it should make for a fun night in, almost at the theater.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 28, 2021

Fans like the ones who packed the Kings Theatre will love Beastie Boys Story the most, but the personalities of Diamond and Horovitz and stories they tell are enough to draw in even non-fans.

| Feb 17, 2021

... a fun, nostalgic ride to the idiosyncratic world of the Beasties. No sabotage allowed.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 28, 2020

Beastie Boys Story [is] appealing even to rap novices, offering a rare opportunity for two artists to track their own creative, personal, and moral evolution.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 11, 2020

Beastie Boys Story is a well-edited and engaging visual capsule of the group's history.

| Jul 16, 2020

There is an infectious energy running throughout, emblematic of the approach the band brought to their music.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 8, 2020

Playing like a TED Talk, we live vicariously through the energetic stories of Mike D and Ad-Rock in this live documentary.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 4, 2020

Even as a fan, "Beastie Boys Story" is a revelation. From the baseline of their hardcore roots, their discovery of early hip-hop and the evolution of a sound that's still so uniquely their own, it's a musical document.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 27, 2020

It's an exhilarating ride, full of insight, humour and contrition.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 19, 2020

I came away from it wishing the Beastie Boys were my friends, and feeling glad they still care for each other.

| May 18, 2020

This has obviously been made for fans, but even if you're unfamiliar with the Beastie Boys, it's impossible not to be entertained by these irrepressible showmen.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 14, 2020

It's nostalgic yet hip, fresh and informative. But it is built for fans only...

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 11, 2020

"'What would Yauch do?' is always on our minds," Ad-Rock and Mike D admit, and that's about when I started tearing up. And stayed weepy throughout!

| May 9, 2020