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As a young teenager raised on cable reruns I watched this movie A LOT. Recently I found it on Tubi, and I had to rewatch to see if it was as good as I remembered. And shocker! It is!!
Look, it's a really simple story, but that's what makes it work, along with an amazing cast. And the pacing. It just vibrates with a progression of present day echoing back to lost youth.
Over the years as I reflected on this film I couldn't understand why it didn't have a longevity of any measurable popularity. It's relatable, funny, and hits all the right markers.
Among the more memorable scenes in the background there's a skipping record of The Shirelles' "Baby It's You" and honestly, it's altogether timeless.
Look, it's a really simple story, but that's what makes it work, along with an amazing cast. And the pacing. It just vibrates with a progression of present day echoing back to lost youth.
Over the years as I reflected on this film I couldn't understand why it didn't have a longevity of any measurable popularity. It's relatable, funny, and hits all the right markers.
Among the more memorable scenes in the background there's a skipping record of The Shirelles' "Baby It's You" and honestly, it's altogether timeless.
I am not an Ani fan and have never seen her perform. But I am also not not an Ani fan and have seen her around New Orleans (because New Orleans is teeny). I also have 2 House of Blues handbills of her performances, again, not because I went, but because New Orleans is teeny and back in the day those handbills were plentiful to abscond away with. Moving on! The documentary! The director makes superb use of archival pieces to feather in Ani's narrative to present day cuts with new work and growing family. Some things I knew, a lot I did not. But endless respect for her journey, talent, fearlessness, and as is revealed, vulnerability. She just seems like a very likable person who undoubtedly deserves even more credit for storied career, maybe even a statue in New Orleans somewhere, or hell, even a postal stamp (see another New Orleanian Michael Deas for that one). Cheers to this solid offering of rock docs of living, still producing and still touring artists!
First, I am of fan of the band. Yes, I've seen them a few times however really only over the years 2005 til maybe 2011 or so. Second, I am a fan of film, music documentarys included, and I peeped this at In Edit Fest in Barcelona last night. It is a tight 90 minute detail archive of the meteroic rise of that lil' ol' band from Akron, but as narratives and careers unfurl now Nashville. All of this said! You don't have to be a fan of either the band or rock docs to enjoy this tale. It's a classic story of two guys seeking their fortune via their passion, ups downs, heartbreaks drum breaks, from the tiniest bar rooms to massive arenas even destroying Lollapalooza in Chicago in 2012. But hey its 2024, right? So what happened, and why should anyone care? Watch it. And should you have the chance to see them live, do. Dan and Pat give their all.