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The film gives us a look at the New York City punk-rock scene and the venerable nightclub, CBGB, that helps launch the careers of such bands as Blondie, the Ramones and the Police.
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RogerEbert.com
"CBGB" ain't no party, it ain't no disco, it ain't no foolin' around.
October 11, 2013
Metro
It's '24 Hour Party People' without the wit and definitely without the love of the music it pretends to lionize.
November 14, 2013
The Film Stage
With nonexistent character depth, abysmal storytelling, and an aesthetic gimmick that hurts the film far more than it helps, all CBGB only benefits from a killer soundtrack.
June 22, 2016
Canada.com
Under Rickman's pained gaze you wonder what he saw in the music, although when you hear it... it does take you back. There's something there, but CBGB isn't it.
December 12, 2013
New York Post
In place of punk's howling rage, you get gross-out jokes that include at least a half-dozen close-ups of the poop from Kristal's bowel-challenged dog.
October 10, 2013
EntertainmentTell
Plays like it was written and directed by people who have never listened to or heard of punk rock in their lives
December 17, 2013
Newark Star-Ledger
If you really want to remember those times? Get out "Horses." Or "Talking Heads: 77." Or "Blank Generation." Preferably on vinyl, with all the pops and scratches. And play them. Loud.
October 11, 2013
New York Times
I would swear on a stack of Dead Boys T-shirts and a first pressing of Richard Hell and the Voidoids' "Blank Generation" that it could not possibly have been like that: so silly, so trivial, so boring.
October 10, 2013
Montreal Gazette
Ultimately, CBGB tries to be too cute of a film about a great, gritty topic, but for those seeking an innocent trip through a pivotal time in rock, it's better than a kick in the head.
November 08, 2013
Cinema Crazed
You figure a movie that features the Ramones and Blondie would be so extraordinary and energetic, but "CBGB" makes them seem so mundane and unimportant.
July 28, 2014
Variety
The music rocks, but little else does, in Randall Miller's sitcom snapshot of New York's iconic punk incubator.
October 15, 2013
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