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I've read, watched and listened to almost everything Skynyrd. Found this gem last night so of course had to watch it. Especially seeing it was Gene Odom and also based on his first book. Lots of never before seen footage and details. Loved it. However seeing Gene like that at the very end was absolutely heartbreaking :( If you are a fan of the REAL Lynyrd Skynyrd this is a must see. ( Real as in not that cover band parading around under the name Skynyrd ) I would also suggest reading all of Gene's books, watch his videos, listen to his stories, because you won't find a better, more accurate telling anywhere else.

My husband and I had no hope for this movie as 1- it was shot in Citrus County and having lived here for 37 yrs and knowing what it's like and the type of people here, we just expected nothing but some cool sights for nostalgic reasons. And 2- Anyone making a good, or decent movie wouldn't be shooting here. But, this was a fantastic movie, well done and decent acting. Completely unexpected. My husband is a major snob when it comes to what seems to be low budget movies and he loved this. I absolutely LOVED seeing all the places shown. Especially Big Blue, that place was such a staple in my childhood and early teens, I grew up out there and lived in Arrowhead for 18 yrs. Had my 6th birthday party at the Roller Barn! Grew up eating at Chicken King, in fact my old fashioned grandfather tipped a waitress there with a penny tails up once she was so bad! ( Early 90s) And let's not leave out Scott Addams butthurt "Eternity in hell" billboard! All in all great movie! Even met Nick Tamposi the other night and talked to him about how much I loved the movie and places featured, not even realizing it was him, at the liquor store ( featured in the movie) Seeing my liquor store guy Beamer in the movie was the cherry on top! It's a must see for anyone living in Citrus County!

Slow, boring, overly dramatic draw outs leading up to pretty much nothing. Nothing gets explained, nothing gets talked about pretty much at all. This could have been cut down by at very minimum 45 minutes with all the drawn out dramatics and pauses with zero script just silence or begging for this that or the other. The very beginning showed promise, then, after the "accident", it went extremely downhill. None of it makes any sense and of course they don't bother to explain anything either. So at the end it's just a huge WTF was that?! moment. Thankfully we didn't pay to see this at the movies....