As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

"You will become a hypocrite. You'll become a liar. You'll try and paper-up your own cracks and... you know. And everybody does it. And that's what being an adult is. And then you have babies and... that's it."An interesting insight into, arguably, one of the greatest bands of all time, "Radiohead"--and its front-runner, Thom Yorke. You'll see loads of documentaries about glamor and classy lifestyle of musicians in limelight. You'll see very few, or maybe only this one, documentaries about how this fame and hype messes with your head as an artist. After the release of "OK Computer", the album is acclaimed as the best of the year, even as one of the bests of all time, by critics and audience around the world. However deserving this acclaim was, it came as a shocking surprise to the band who had released the album as just something they naturally wanted to say, and not as something they wanted people to like. The percussions of this sudden and massive change is something that's touched beautifully in this documentary. These guys are one of the most honest artists out there. They are just being themselves. (It's good to know that they didn't let blinding hype confuse their vision, and they kept pushing the envelope and raising the bar higher in following albums in future.)I regard the band's music as something that is always commenting about existentialism, materialistic lifestyle, technological dependence, and love, and hope, and dreams, just about everything, while their music always being abstract and subtle. That's why it's great to see that the visual style of this film complementing their style really well.It won't be a comfortable or easy watch for those who aren't familiar with their music, but it can give you a new perspective on a few things.

I don't think that this movie should be regarded as a typical glamors-celebrity-cult-documentary. It was obvious for me from the very first shot that this was gonna be an art movie. Althoug the subtitle of the movie says "A film about Radiohead", it is quite obvious that the band's history (together with the other typical kind of stuff usually presented in music documentaries, such as a verbal narration, clear outline of a presented material, chronological approach, etc.) is not the main subject of the film. Even the film's title is quite telling - I mean, why would a film about a music band be called "Meeting people is easy", especially in case of a band like Radiohead, whose members - as the film itself indicates - have rather "antisocial" approach and quite a deal of a distance towards music journalists and sometimes even fans (as anybody who has ever heard Tom Yorke's not-always-encouraging remarks at Radiohead's live performances will probably confirm). Personally, I loved the film. I watched it for the first time while being abroad alone for a long time. I felt pretty low and alone, the awareness of my being cut off from my Home, familiar objects and caring people, was painful to me at times. And one of the reasons that I loved "Meeting people..." so much is that while watching it I felt truly understood. The movie conveys a great deal of emotions, the way it is told (through music and pictures, not through words, and that's what's great in it) and edited really captures our (yes, OUR) everyday world - "this mess we're in" - huge and overcrowded cities (where you're still so alone), often ignorant interlocutors (who wouldn't "get you" even if you were speaking for hours), misunderstandings, unwanted responsibilities, constant movement, things that you start but then they go their own ways (you can't even control them anymore)... I think anyone expecting "Meeting people..." to familiarize them with the band's history, discography, brief and concrete verbal presentation backed up by a series of band's pictures and fragments of songs, is bound to be disappointed. But for everyone willing to "get wound-up" by this movie, just go with it without judging its "competence" and "fact-reliability" it is going to be a true masterpiece. To me, this film is about emotions, loneliness, our civilization, OURSELVES, OUR TODAY's WORLD, not about the band's story. Even so, I definitely don't agree with one of the comments saying that "Radiohead fans have nothing to look here for" - on the contrary, I think the film presents a great opportunity to see the band the way it's rarely presented in media - here the band members can get angry, they can laugh at the journalist they're on the phone with, or they can simply sit quiet for a while. Do whatever they like. Be whoever they are. Not always, however - and this is also what the film is about. All that makes "Meeting people..." a remarkable masterpiece, for all those feel-and-think-types out there, not only to Radiohead fans at all.

This rockumentry is not like most. It is far more honest about the rock and roll lifestyle, showing that, like anything else that pays, it is still a job. The only downside is that it will encourage people who always accuse radiohead of being depressing to continue. It has, however, got a lot to offer radiohead fans, although not so much now. The DVD contains several songs which were, or still are, unreleased. Including 'how to disappear completely' (2000), 'I will' (2003), 'life in a glasshouse' (2001), and songs which are still unreleased such as 'follow me around' and 'big boots (man-o-war)'. another downside with the dvd itself is that the whole dvd is just one scene. however, this is a definate must for radiohead fans.

When I first got ahold of "ok computer" I was blown away. First, by the music itself. Then, by the fact that this was Radiohead I was listening to! Non-stop injection into my brain resulted for the next year or so. This all stopped once I saw this movie.It's really hard for me to accept a rock'n'roll star complaining about how horrible his life is and how hard his job is. Did any of these guys ever work a REAL crappy, minimum wage job for a living? I'm sure they did, so have they forgotten?Then again, I've never been a rock-star, so I have no way to tell for sure which is worse. The one thing I DO know is that these guys could quit, right now, if it's so bad, and never have to work another day of their lives.If it's such a horrible way to live, quit the biz and do what you want, but don't bother with anymore of these self-indulgent cry-baby projects. This is why it's hard for me to sympathize with these guys. Come on! It could be much worse!