Mystify: Michael Hutchence

It's said a great singer is great because they connect with their listener in a way that transcends a simple pitch perfect delivery of the notes. Maybe even that a truth is sent and a truth is felt in return. I knew nothing of this when Michael and INXS first kicked into my life but this film helps me understand why they moved me like so many haven't. The film makers know their art also. It's moving. Better than I ever imagined it could be.

Don't think I even moved from my seat I was so engrossed in Michael's story. I loved how it was made with just footage of Michael and his life, and the voices of those in his life just talking about their time with him. I was so emotional at the end I could not hold back my tears for such a beautiful human being. So grateful to see this documentary about a man and his his band who brought so much joy in their music to so many.

I saw Mystify today at the BFI, with Richard doing a Q&A. Amazing well made documentary film, so recommended. It's emotional, and certainly not a celebration so don't expect to come out feeling happy, but I feel I learnt so much about Michael and why he was the great person he was.

Director Richard Lowenstein's tribute to the INXS frontman paints an affectionate, intimate and immersive portrait of a fallen rock star, disentangling him from the tabloid hot air surrounding his 1997 death. Archive footage and new interviews (friends, family, bandmates and lovers, Kylie included) humanise Hutch, giving equal weighting to his charisma, sensitivity and sensual pursuits. But it's the detailed, cumulative effects of a random assault, career crises and family troubles that hit hardest, creating a grim, palpable sense of how trapped he felt on his final night.

A beautiful life lived fully, shared by those closest and dearest to Michael Hutchence and his own personal film collection, thank you to all who shared personal moments in telling his story. Sweet moments shown and a insight into who he was away from the stage - and his love of life .Watched this movie in a room full of silence with the odd tear heard, his brilliance still revered by many, his lyrical genius in writing, an amazing life from bullied teen to loved all over the world then and still now - an extraordinary talented man.