The Beach Boys: An American Band

This is a fairly decent documentary on probably one of the most influential bands in rock and roll. However, they do tend to gloss over most of the problems within the band. Many people know that Dennis Wilson was involved... Full review

This documentary on "The Beach Boys" may become more valuable as the years pass. Time has a way of allowing us to separate the sporadic and superficial from the genuine and great.Now that we have some space since the group's... Full review

What's great about this film, is that it doesn't just show you a series of little fifteen second sound-bites of vintage performances, but lets each clip run it's course, so you get to hear the entire song. Although many of... Full review

An excellent warts and all docu-bio of the legendary Californian surf band, told by the members themselves. From the very beginning, all the way to drummer Dennis Wilson's untimely death. A mixture of vintage concert footage, interviews, film clips and... Full review

There's a scene during night two of the ABC miniseries The Beach Boys: An American Family that pretty much sums up why the '60s surf-rock legends merit treatment in a spiffy sweeps-month extravaganza. The Beach Boys: An American Family starts off pretty slowinterchangeable altar-boy look-alikes are regularly thumped by abusive dad, who micromanages their career while they record a string of surf-craze hits in the early '60s. ... Full Review