Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- raucous
- irreverent
- nostalgic
- rock music night
- concert movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film entertaining for Mötley Crüe fans but thinly written, generically staged, and overly celebratory toward the band's debauchery.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film adapts Mötley Crüe's autobiography and foregrounds the band's larger-than-life reputation in 1980s rock culture.
The band's progression from the Sunset Strip to international fame supplies the film's central geographic and career trajectory.
The band members' perspectives and direct-address storytelling frame their competing accounts of the group's history.
Sex, drugs, alcohol, fame, and notorious conduct are presented as defining parts of the band's public image and personal lives.
Films like The Dirt, and why
Bohemian Rhapsody
shared music biopic structure, flamboyant performance culture, band conflict, and fame-driven excess
Rocketman
shared rock star biopic conventions, hedonistic nightlife, theatrical music sequences, and addiction themes
Walk the Line
shared musician biography format, career ambition, addiction, and emotionally costly personal excess
This Is Spinal Tap
shared debauched rock mythology, backstage chaos, comic irreverence, and fame-seeking musicians
Movie Details
- Director
- Jeff Tremaine
- Release Date
- 2019-03-18
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (1361)
Cast
- mgk
- Douglas Booth
- Daniel Webber
- Iwan Rheon
- Pete Davidson
- David Costabile
- Aaron Jay Rome
- Alyssa Marie Stilwell
- Brittany Furlan
- Trace Masters
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Dirt about?
- A raucous, drug-fueled music biopic traces Mötley Crüe's meteoric rise from Sunset Strip provocateurs to globally notorious rock stars.
- What is The Dirt like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Dirt as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Dirt violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Dirt as mild.
- What did critics think of The Dirt?
- Critics broadly found the film entertaining for Mötley Crüe fans but thinly written, generically staged, and overly celebratory toward the band's debauchery.
- Which films are like The Dirt?
- Films with a similar feel include Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, Walk the Line, and This Is Spinal Tap.
- How long is The Dirt?
- The Dirt runs 108 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Dirt?
- In United States, The Dirt streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
