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Quotes from reviews of the remastered "Stop Making Sense" movie (thanks to Rama Dunayevich of Palm Pictures)

Stop Making Sense Review Quotes

 

  • 4 stars "There are few legitimate must-see films that come down the pike, but 'Sense' is one of them" - Chicago Sun Times
  • 4 stars "'Stop Making Sense' still burns down the house...It worked wonderfully in 1984, and 15 years later the remixed and remastered 'Sense' still enthralls, its status undiminished as one of the great rock concert movies." - Chicago Tribune
  • "Time stands still in 'Stop Making Sense,' the sensational and eminently danceable concert documentary film...If you weren't a fan or never saw this film during its 1984 release, then you owe it to yourself to see it on a big screen with its crystal clear soundtrack." - Marshall Fine, Gannett Newspapers
  • "In fact, nearly every live rock movie since has been disappointing - none nearly as honest." - Philadelphia Weekly
  • 'Stop Making Sense' says rousing 15 years later because Byrne's avid cross-cultural fertilization steps center stage as never before." - Armond White, NY press
  • "Rock movies don't come any livlier than Jonathan Demme's superb Talking Heads concert flick." Time Out NY
  • 4 stars " And it's still the best concert film ever made." - Jami Bernard, NY Daily News
 
 

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