 Justin Kanter from Seattle Post @-@ Intelligencer gave a positive review and commented on the performances : " Over the course of two full , uninterrupted hours comes an abundance of grandiose sets and effects ; a voluminous line @-@ up of dancers ; precisely engineered sound and sequence ; and sharply produced , celebrity @-@ studded video clips . [ ... ] Unquestionably , it ’ s Madonna and company ’ s actual show — the entire spectacle of song , dance , style , and attitude — that make the Sticky & Sweet Tour an invigorating and highly memorable happening . " However , he felt that the performances of " Borderline " ( 1984 ) and " Human Nature " were disappointing . Ben Kaplan from Canada.com said " Sticky & Sweet is a document of a woman in her fifties who actually started peaking after most people thought she was through . Madonna doesn 't speak with a British accent on her new record . But even if she did , it wouldn 't really have mattered : Most of the stage banter is drowned out by the crowd 's roar . " He listed the performance of " Into the Groove " ( 1985 ) as a highlight of the tour . Tony clayton @-@ Lea from The Irish Times said " Madonna has the experience to know what works and what doesn ’ t . It is this that makes Sticky Sweet such an interesting proposition : a superbly shot movie of the ' four @-@ act ' show that blends muscle with music , depth with deftness . " Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic said " Since so much of the tour depended on overblown spectacle , Sticky & Sweet Tour is better experienced as a video instead of a CD – but even as a video this doesn ’ t rank among the best Madonna live albums , as there ’ s too much precision and not enough inspiration in the whole show . " 
