Yes, I know it's been out since '02, but man, what a GREAT movie. At least for an aging post-punker like yours truly. The guy they got to play Ian Curtis EXACTLY like Ian Curtis. What a great movie.
Such a good movie. The guy has got Ian down to the silly little dance. Perfect. A buddy of mine who is a Manc and grew up in Manchester during that period was less than impressed, but he absolutly hates Tony Wilson and thought the movie was too complimentary of him (I know it kinda makes him out to be a huge twat, but the guy just completly loathes WIlson).
Hold a Michael Winterbottom double feature with this and his follow-up, the incandescent In This World. Two films that could not further away from each other in spirit or content, and yet he nails them both.
Am I the only one who things this film was greatly overated. I had such high hopes, but it didn't do it for me.
No, you're not the only one. I was a bit disappointed too. It wasn't a terrible movie by any means, but I wasn't apesh!t about it.
I was dissapointed in the fact that they totally skipped over the main course of New Order's career, as well as totally ignoring the impact the Stone Roses had on the Happy Mondays selling records.