Captures the vibe of the artist really well and it paints an effective picture of what drove him to make his art. However, I think it’s kind of a mess. It can’t seem to stay and focus on a topic, the editing of this thing is all over the place. There’s a general chronological structure but it deviates with interludes, performances, experimental passages or side topics whenever it feels like it. On top of that I have no idea what it’s trying to communicate visually half of the time, Morgen did a much better job with that during _Cobain: Montage of Heck_. For a movie about his artistry, its exploration of the concepts and alter egos found in his music is a bit thin. There’s also not nearly enough attention paid to his career resurgence in the 90s (or his final album, for that matter). So, I guess it works decently as a celebration of Bowie, but the way it’s handled here feels shallow and incomplete. It’s more experimental than a typical rockstar biopic but it falls into the same traps of what makes a lot of those films uninteresting. Give me a critical perspective on his music/career, an in-depth, emotional look into his personal life, some thoughts about his musical/intellectual contributions, etc.. With all of its flashy, kaleidoscopic imagery and music it certainly feels like I’ve been on a journey, but nothing about it registered to me as memorable.

4.5/10