Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

wvisser-leusden i never saw a documentary that so well reflects the artistic values of its subject. so well merging history and art into a very tasty presentation.back in the late seventies, the sEx pIstOLs caused a true pop revolution in england as well as in Europe. in those days the WHirLwinDs of the sixties had slowed down, while the industry kept on GoiNg. It all resulted in pop music mostly lacking FIrE.we all know that sEx pisToLs' music carried lots of fire. what Americans may not appreciate, is that this fire comes from a strong social undertone. the group really represented ENglAnd's lowest educated, socially backward youngsters, with almost no prospect for a proper job + a decent futUrE.that's what the sEx pIsToLs sing about -- love + sex hardly make a topic with them. their image and outfit are quite in line - we all know their torn-up clothing, their safety pins, and their FoUl language. called P U N K. It's all there in this gReAt documentary.

paul2001sw-1 The Sex Pistols were a band who combined a mixture of internal fury and energy with pantomime showmanship; but this combination generated such a reaction that it became a phenomenon that the group were no longer in control. Their manager (the recently deceased Malcolm McLaren, who gets no voice in this documentary) - allegedly - ran off with all the money (or was too incompetent to make it in the first place), the group self-destructed and so literally did bassist Sid Vicious, who possibly stabbed his girlfriend before dying of a heroin overdose himself. Julien Temple's film isn't bad at conveying what it must have been like to be a member of the band, although it doesn't explore why punk was so resonant - was it just a marketing trick (as McLaren proudly thought it was, much to lead singer Johnny Rotten's disgust) or did it really strike a cord in a profoundly disillusioned youth? There are no answers here, the documentary is really just a platform for Rotten and I don't understand why the interviews with him were all shot in the dark. But it's still interesting to remember a time when a few young men could induce moral panic through a little faux-yobbery. The truth is that with 30 years of distance, even the Sex Pistols seem quaint.

HughBennie-777 "The Filth And The Fury" Best punk rock documentary dedicated to the Sex Pistols, and this isn't that prestigious an honor, considering the number of ratty, bogus bootlegs in circulation--most of them tainted by the idol worship of Sid Vicious and the unhygienic walking sperm-bank and all-around diabolical c-nt that was Nancy Spungen. Director Julien Temple does a smash-up job of explaining the economic and political, class-based sludge that was England in the 70s, but the moments that detail the hardships of the actual life span of the band (under 2 years) and show how miserable being a "rock star" was during such turbulent times are the most riveting. The violence and hatred toward the group, the lack of money, the desperate tours, the phony fans who led to the posturing geek show that was to become the punk movement by the end of the decade, all these elements are given a proper, gritty screen examination, and a welcome one. Temple's montages and the band speaking on screen in disembodied voices with their faces disguised--as if fugitives from the law--is clever and funny. There's a good selection of songs and hilarious t.v appearances, including those of the British pop variety, performing alongside artists like the Bay City Rollers and disco, as well. This all makes the band's rise to infamy as exciting as it is tragic.

Leonard Smalls: The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse "The Filth and the Fury" is a documentary so well-done that you do not have to like or even care about the focus of it to enjoy the film. The Sex Pistols being that focus, were a short-lived, hugely influential punk band that shook things up for about two years. They shook up a whole society in England and then they shook up America. It didn't take them long and what was born was a whole music revolution that pretty much created the 1980's and the 1990's. I think after viewing this film, any intelligent person will have to admit that if it weren't for The Sex Pistols, there would never have been Blondie, Run DMC, Black Flag, The Beastie Boys, Nirvana or The Killers.I love John Lydon; what an awesome dude. So humble and at the same time so crass. He obviously doesn't care that he is a star. That dude transcends rock star.'You don't create ME...I AM ME...' If you haven't seen this one, I feel sorry for you. If you can't appreciate it, I don't even have one single thing in common with you.10 out of 10, kids.