Thank You, Good Night

I rented "Thank You, Good Night" because it reunited Christian Campbell and JP Pitoc from "Trick" and while it's a completely different kind of film, it's satisfying in its own right. We've seen the story many times before - band filled with insecure slacker types goes on the road in search of success, faces obstacles, come close to breaking up, etc. - but thanks to some nice film-making and good performances all around (why isn't Christian Campbell a huge star by now?), it feels fresh. The biggest problem is that the band, essentially, isn't very good. We want to root for them, but their derivative music clearly won't cut it in the real world, so any success they may or may not achieve (not giving anything away here!) isn't deserved - or was that a conscious choice to make them as bad as most bands out there struggling in vain for stardom? See "The Commitments" for a similar story with amazing performances, but "Thank You, Good Night" was a pleasant enough film.