I have a soft spot for this specific type of music, however I found this movie a pretty mixed bag. Coogan’s great, and a lot of the humour really hit for me. There are also a lot of references that can be a little too inside baseball if you’re not that well versed in this specific music scene, so for me those were very rewarding. The technical approach and tone made it feel like this is the UK’s answer to the Dogma 95 movement, even more so than _28 Days Later_. The brief moments of psychedelia are really well directed, besides that nothing really stood out when compared to other mockumentaries. The biggest problem for me is that I just found the story not that interesting. I’m really missing an angle here, the main character’s journey isn’t all that compelling. None of the side characters are developed, it never feels like the protagonist is properly challenged, and worst of all the movie’s not really about anything specific. It’s more of a retelling of events than a focussed story, therefore I think this would’ve worked better as a full on documentary. You kinda have a problem when most of the emotion comes from the music instead of the drama or characters, so I’m more likely to remember the songs than anything else. The problem is that I already knew I loved those.

5/10