Music films are hard to get right. This one does it by focusing on the rehearsal room rather than the stage.
The director spent two years with the band, and it shows: the best moments are small, unplanned and very funny.
The verdict
The soundtrack mixes finished songs with rough demos, so you hear the songs change as the film goes on.
We wanted it to sound like the room we made it in, not like a studio pretending to be a room.
From our interview (fictional demo quote)
At just under two hours it is a little long, and the final act leans on concert footage we have seen before.
Still, it is the best film about making music we have seen in years.
