A great, searching, incendiary chronicle of the Sex Pistols, the razor-hearted visionaries of punk anarchy.
100
Film.comPeter Brunette
Film.comPeter Brunette
Temple's wonderfully entertaining film brings the era back in all its confused and tentatively revolutionary glory, and bracingly demonstrates that the Pistols still have the power to shock.
88
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
The concerts are hypnotic, the music is swell, and the entire package moves along at just the right pace.
88
New York PostJonathan Foreman
New York PostJonathan Foreman
This bizarre, original and brilliantly crafted documentary about the Sex Pistols is funny and at times moving -- despite all the ugliness and stupidity it depicts.
88
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
If nothing else, The Filth and the Fury is a searing, forceful, entertainingly biased reminder only that the English group mattered - as musicians and as anti-social curs.
88
Boston Globe
Boston Globe
This is a warts 'n' all portrayal - there's no dodging the feelings of both disgust and amusement.
This loud and exhilarating documentary from director Julien Temple brings it all back in a vitriolic spray of spite, spittle and raw rock and roll that still hits like a heart attack.
75
USA TodayMike Clark
USA TodayMike Clark
Irritates in the early going when many of the current-day interviews are so intentionally underlighted that we can't see what the group members look like.