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The Public Image is Rotten
Directed by
Tabbert Fiiller
2018
1h 43m
TV-MA
Documentary
,
Music
,
Musical
7.2
63%
83%
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The story of PiL, the groundbreaking band form by John Lydon after the collapse of The Sex Pistols in 1978.
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Cast of The Public Image is Rotten
John Lydon
Himself
Martin Atkins
Himself
Jah Wobble
Himself
Moby
Himself
Flea
Himself
Thurston Moore
Himself
John Rambo Stevens
Himself
Julien Temple
Himself
Bob Tulipan
Himself
Vivien Goldman
Herself
Ginger Baker
Himself
The Public Image is Rotten Reviews
FanboyNation.com
Sean Mulvihill
But it's Public Image Limited that Lydon is most loved for by music nerds, and The Public Image is Rotten is the definitive portrait of the band's ups and downs over its decades of existence.
Under the Radar
J.A. Kordosh
The Public Image is Rotten gives John Lydon's full view of PiL, but it's a shame the scope wasn't stretched out a bit further.
RogerEbert.com
Simon Abrams
Diehard fans may enjoy The Public Image is Rotten, but there's not a lot here that they-or even adventurous newbies-can't get more of elsewhere.
Film Threat
Chuck Foster
The Public Image Is Rotten rises to the top of rock documentary filmmaking with a refreshing sense of candid storytelling only made possible by the genuine frankness of its subjects.
Movie Nation
Roger Moore
An almost-sentimental portrait of John Lydon in Winter
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
The Public Image Is Rotten is a documentary that serves its potential audience well.
Film Comment Magazine
Jonathan Romney
Watchable and intermittently entertaining, if hardly incisive, and slightly over-long at 105 minutes, The Public Image Is Rotten includes much that will be of interest only to devotees.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
Even if you've scratched your head over Mr. Lydon's TV ad work and other efforts to maintain a professional life in recent years, this affectionate and frank movie can elicit newfound admiration for a slightly mellowed iconoclast.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Archival footage of Lydon in the bracing hostility of his youth contrasts dramatically with present-day interviews showing him domesticated, compromised, and happy in the wisdom that most of us learn to accept as compensation.
Miami New Times
Ren Jender
[The Public Image is Rotten] makes one wonder: Does anyone still care?
National Review
Armond White
This documentary, directed by Tabbert Fiiller... features the good fun of Lydon's raconteur rants and his willingness to always up-end expectations.
Film Inquiry
Andrew Winter
Fiiller has a lot of material to juggle but does so admirably. It's breathless at times, but never less than engaging. Better yet, Lydon's increasingly baffling politics are kept well out of it.
Film Journal International
Frank Lovece
As fascinating and well-crafted as it is, The Public Image Is Rotten is ultimately a vanity project.
Paste Magazine
Jacob Oller
It's all wrapped in a package wearing dad jeans: too safe, too simple, too given to a happy ending.
The Playlist
Chris Barsanti
Blisteringly caustic as ever, John Lydon nevertheless reveals himself as an occasionally sentimental sort in Tabbert Fiiller's fitfully revelatory and charming documentary.
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