Pink Floyd - The Wall

Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982)

  • 72% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 87% of users liked it
    (69,734 ratings)

Inspired by Pink Floyd's album of the same name, Pink Floyd: The Wall is a dark, expressionistic musical, told from the point of view of Pink, a depressed rock musician. The film is structured around Pink's reflections on his life, all of which center on the building of "the wall."… More

In Theaters
Aug 1, 1982 Limited

Critic Reviews

  • Austin Kennedy, Sin Magazine

    Nothing is put together for you, but all the pieces of the puzzle are there for you to create what you want. It's refreshing to see a movie that is completely out of the box, and doesn't follow any present forumla. THE WALL is a great rock opera.

  • Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

    Visually stunning and disturbing, an essential midnight movie.

  • Widgett Walls, Needcoffee.com

    A stunning portrayal of a slide from isolation into madness. And the music rocks, too--bonus.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    One of Alan Parker's few truly bad movies.

  • Gerry Shamray, Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

    Visually stunning yet strangely forced tale.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Alexander D


    The Wall acts as a poem to tell its story. In both art and script, the film is a breakaway from what we would imagine it to be: a terribly overlong music video. Although pacing is almost nonexistent, with verses drastically varying in length, the curious premise requires the undivided… More

  • Christopher H


    One of the most surreal movies I've ever seen in my life. The story is a little hard to understand at times, especially when it comes to distinguishing what is going on in the real world or Pink's mind. However, if you like Pink Floyd music, this movie will certainly be a… More

  • Jeff "


    I've been a fan of Pink Floyd since I was a kid, and this musical set to the brilliant music of Pin Floyd's album The Wall is stunning. The Wall is an eccentric concept, and in pure Pink Floyd fashion delivers masterful images set to a lavish storyline about a depressed rock… More

  • Greg S


    The story of a depressed, self-loathing rock star, told as a long, grandiose, surrealistic movie video. Roger Waters lyrics for "The Wall" are whiny, pretentious, muddled, and occasionally brilliant, which could be said of this entire production: it's uneven but there… More

  • Lucas M


    Incredible! Alan Parker's Pink Floyd - The Wall, is a surrealist nightmare, a dark vision about the future. A chilling movie with the music of Pink Floyd that made The Wall more and more tense.

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