Purely Joyful Movie!

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This is a compilation of concert footages and TV appearances of The Who.The guys Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon and Pete Townshend start off with the Smothers Brothers having a hilarious time with Tommy Smothers.Keith Moon dies during the editing of the film and is considered a cap on the original lineup. This is basically a must for all Who fans and an interesting watch for even the casual fan. The songs are amazing as always. There are some fun TV clips. It's not breaking any new grounds. This is essentially a Greatest Hits album.

Proof positive that The Who are the greatest rock band of all time. This is an amazing record of their career, from their beginning as the High Numbers to a closing live rendition of "Won't Get Fooled Again" that will blow you away. Along the way, you'll see clips that will show you how funny, irreverent, and truly ahead of their time these four guys were. They brought a visual flair and a theatricality that no other band could match, from their stylish Mod clothes to their legendary live shows that culminated with Townsend and company smashing their equipment with complete disregard of their own safety. So many bands have copied their moves and their licks that it's almost criminal. If you want to see great rock and roll, you can't go wrong with this one.

Whatever the hell it is the Who play, it isn't rock. It's not. The musical tapestry spanned in Townshend's song writing is far too broad and varied to pigeonhole it with a genre label. His father played the music of his time. Townshend himself fell in love with the R&B singles that made their way to Britain from America. His mentor, Kit Lambert loved pop but also carried the influence of his father, Constant Lambert, a composer who worked in film and theatre. Lambert also loved the Baroque and Classical styles, all of which he passed on to Townshend. Townshend has his own ideas. All of it shows. This is not music of any one genre-it's a genre unto itself. But, when the Who plays it, it becomes rock.When they play it on stage it becomes the greatest and most powerful rock music imaginable.It was no surprise (not to Who fans anyway) that their DVD release from the fall 2000 show at the Royal Albert Hall was one of the most celebrated concert videos from that year. The band was firing on all cylinders on the 2000 tour and played at a level closer to what they achieved during their glory years than they'd ever managed since Keith Moon died. That alone was enough to put then back at the forefront.The "Kids are Alright" shows what it was like in the first place. It was the oddest of musical relationships. With the exception of the friendship between Moon and Entwistle none of them really liked each other, at least not in the early days anyway. Townshend's temper was enough to keep anyone away and everyone hated Roger. It reached a head in 1965 when they tossed Roger out for beating up Moon only to realize (to a man) that they were throwing away something that might go beyond anything any of them could imagine. It was their Waterloo and it happened before any of them passed twenty-one.It produced greatness.The Who had what it took to go places, always; everyone in the fold knew that. When they made that commitment they took it beyond what anyone could have dreamt. Throughout their (active recording) career they never followed a formula, never stopped pushing musical boundaries, and, in concert, always tried to do better than "last night". They became the most astonishing rock band ever to step on the stage.This film concentrates on showing that.It doesn't preach. There's no narration going through historic details. There's not even a chronological order to the piece. All it does is try to show the Who, and the ingredients that formed their magic to the world. The live footage is electrifying. The interviews are illuminating and hilarious. How could anyone (or anything) contain Keith Moon? How could an interviewer ever hope to step into the middle of the way the core group constantly challenged each other? They couldn't. This was four strong personalities merged into something larger than life. Their relationship wasn't harmonious but an outsider stepping into it found found themselves confronted with, the whole. When they stepped onstage that "whole" was what audiences got. Jeff Stein has been criticized for just "putting what was around" together. That's crap. Jeff Stein is a brilliant film maker who had the sense to let his subjects speak for themselves. That shows all the way through the film. You get the music, a sense of who the band are and a great sample of why their performances are the stuff of legend.How much more is needed? See it as soon as possible!.

The Kids are Alright is a great documentary about the greatest band in the world........ The Who (Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon). It really captures The Who from their "My Generation" days all the way to their "Who Are You" days. There is lots of classic Who moments, interviews and tons of great concert footage...... One complaint though......... The film completely ignored "Quadrophenia" the best Who album ever IMO other than that i give "The Kids Are Alright" a strong 10/10!! A must have for any Who fan!