Shine a Light Critic Reviews

An exhilarating documentary.Read the full review

May be the most intimate documentary ever made about a live rock 'n' roll concert. Certainly it has the best coverage of the performances onstage.Read the full review

Shine a Light may not be the last Rolling Stones movie, but it's likely to be the last one with a touch of the poet about it.Read the full review

As the director of the documentary Shine a Light, Martin Scorsese is a besotted rock ’n’ roll fan who wholeheartedly embraces its mythology.Read the full review

Shine a Light did something I didn't think was possible. It got me caring about the Rolling Stones again.Read the full review

The genius of Scorsese's film, which is being shown in IMAX in 93 theaters, is that it reveals the Stones' mortality while celebrating all that makes them more than mere mortals.Read the full review

This you-are-there spellbinder is a master director shining his light on the best rock band on the planet.Read the full review

Shine A Light pays tribute to the band's essential agelessness.Read the full review

In Shine a Light, a crackling concert movie directed by Martin Scorsese, the Rolling Stones are now so old that they seem new again.Read the full review