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What is HEAD all about? Only John Brockman's shrink knows for sure!

1968 · 1h 26m · G Comedy, Music
Directed by Bob Rafelson

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Overview

In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.

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75%
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Rotten

The clean-cut kids and the created kinetics work up a 'so-what' reaction too soon in the 85-minute stretch seques from war to westerns to desert chases to mad scientist brushes in the Columbia lot.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

Despite obviously dated aspects like clumsy psychedelic effects and some turgid slapstick sequences, the film is still remarkably vital and entertaining.

Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh

The movie is, nonetheless, of a certain fascination in its joining of two styles: pot and advertising.

Renata Adler, New York Times
Rotten

Sometimes it succeeds.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

It's uneven but mostly a blast.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

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