It’s impossible not to feel good when Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond are talking. The two living Beastie Boys lightly ribbing each other, reminiscing, making bad jokes, and showing goofy photos of their teenage years—as far as nostalgia goes, this is about as warm and fuzzy as it gets.
It’s also about as predictable as it gets. In Beastie Boys Story, the new film by Spike Jonze, cameras follow Horovitz and Diamond onstage at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre as they retrace their beloved 2018 memoir in front of fans.
The result amounts to a PowerPoint of the Beastie Boys story with running commentary. That’s it; no curveballs, no surprises.
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