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By common consensus, Stop Making Sense is the best concert film ever made.Full Review

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Part aerobics workout, part self-styled dreamscape, Sense is a hyperactive piece of performance art that begins as the stripped-down dress rehearsal of a garage band and builds into a mighty, exhausting spectacle that shakes as much ass as it kicks. [Review of re-release]Full Review

Wesley Morris
San Francisco Examiner

Has there ever been a live concert film as vibrant or as brilliantly realized? I don't think so. [Review of re-release]Full Review

Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle

Mr. Demme has captured both the look and the spirit of this live performance with a daring and precision that match the group's own.Full Review

Janet Maslin
The New York Times

Stop Making Sense is so beautifully choreographed that in some ways it's more like theater than a rock show. [Review of re-release]Full Review

Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
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