Beastie Boys Story
2020 · Movie · R · 120 min · ★ 7.5 · 84% critics
In this live documentary event, two longtime bandmates look back on decades of music, creativity, and friendship, sharing stories from their rise and evolution. Blending onstage storytelling with photos and footage, it captures both the fun and the more reflective moments of a career that left a lasting mark.
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Streaming on Apple TV+.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-04-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (189 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a personal, onstage-style music memoir packed with nostalgia, humor, and heartfelt reflection; Not for you if you prefer traditional interview-heavy docs like Amy or Whitney.
Pros: warm nostalgia trip; funny and moving; rare photos and clips | Cons: stage format feels forced; uneven pacing and delays; best for big fans
Themes
- rap music
- hip-hop
- biography
- rock music
- live performance
- archive footage
- bloopers
- real story
- music documentary
- concert footage
Cast & crew
- MD
Mike D
as Self
Adam Horovitz
as Self
Adam Yauch
as Self (archive footage)
Ben Stiller
as Self
Steve Buscemi
as Self
David Cross
as Self
Michael Kenneth Williams
as Self
Afrika Bambaataa
as Self (archive footage)
- JB
John Berry
as Self (archive footage)
Kurtis Blow
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Spike Jonze