Better Late Then Never

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This "rockumentary" follows Florida band Against Me! when they set upon a tour of the U.S.A. It's actually not a documentary but more of a video tour diary. We get to see Against Me! perform a few songs live, which is nice and all, but the best part of this movie are the interviews in between the live performances where we get to see various people (lovers and haters of Against Me! included) vent their opinions. It's also quite amusing to see how the major labels try to get Against Me! to sign up with them. There's also a pretty fun episode where the singer from Against Me! gatecrashes another band's tour bus and "steals" some ice, only to be thrown out by the guy whose tour bus it is, then it all takes a different turn, but I can't say what since that would spoil it all. Overall, this film is pretty disappointing, for some reason (after reading reviews in magazines I guess) I thought this would be more than a peek into Against Me!'s live show, crazy interviews and some "crazy" tour episodes, but if you're really into Against Me! I think you should check this out, if you don't have to pay too much for it.