Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge

The second half is actually more enlightening, though, as Gibney and Foster do a remarkable job of explaining the challenges that Rolling Stone faces, while still celebrating its significance.

Even making charitable allowances for the heady task of distilling a half-century into four hours, the film winds up being defined almost as much by what's omitted as what it includes.

Stories from the Edge loses its edge once its celebrity writers take over the focus.

There’s plenty in Stories From the Edge that gets to the heart of what the real scene was. But ultimately, it’s four hours of them talking about themselves.

Even-handedness is something this documentary definitely could have used more of; instead, all we’re left with is the sense of how proud Rolling Stone is of Rolling Stone.

Stories From the Edge is informative and self-congratulatory, at times seeming to inflate Rolling Stone’s role in the culture somewhat beyond truth.