Stop Making Sense
PG

Stop Making Sense

1984 • 88 min • Documentary · Music

Our family guide

Best from age 8
92
Movie Knight Score
382 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
  • 83 Audience · 379 · 47%

Ce film de concert emblématique capture Talking Heads à leur apogée, présentant une performance énergique et innovante. Les membres du groupe se joignent progressivement sur scène, pour une expérience musicale vibrante et couvrant toute leur carrière.

Violence & peril
0/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
0/10
Romance & sensuality
0/10
Scary moments
0/10

Heads up

  • Langage très légèrement grossier (une ou deux occurrences de "hell" ou "damn").

What it models well

  • Créativité et expression artistique
  • Collaboration et esprit d'équipe
  • Énergie et passion pour la musique

Talk about it after

  • La mise en scène unique et la narration visuelle dans un film de concert.
  • Comment la musique peut évoquer des émotions fortes et raconter des histoires.
  • Les différents instruments et rôles dans un groupe.

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Top billed cast

Director: Jonathan Demme • Crew: Jonathan Demme

Trailers & clips

Reviewer notes

Recommended

went into the movie without even knowing who Talking Heads were except that they were quite popular back in their days, and i will have to say that i really enjoyed it

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

I did write an artistically brilliant rendition of my thoughts on this movie but instead I’m going to give you this: I can't seem to face up to the facts I'm tense and nervous and I can't relax I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire Psycho Killer Qu'est-ce que c'est?…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

I'm not sure Jonathan Demme really had too much to do here as David Byrne and "Talking Heads" present us with a belter of a creative toe-tapper. It's a film of their concert - constructed from performances over three nights in a small Hollywood theatre, and that setting lends itself excellently to their showcase.…

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Details

TMDB audience
8.3/10 (379)
Age rating
PG
Status
Released
Budget
$1,200,000
Box office
$12,471,520

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