This movie was shown in LA, as part of the Hola Mexico Film Festival, and everybody in the audience loved it. It is a perfectly fun, infectious and witty rock comedy with a satirical edge and a serious undertone. It's about how ageism is rife in the music industry and starts with an engaging and believable premise that throws in several twists, along with issues of responsibility, paternity, authenticity and loyalty. There are a couple of moments that are genuinely moving, plus enough laughs to keep audiences of any age happy.
If there is one niggling detail that lets "Eddie Reynolds" down, it is ironically the soundtrack itself. The anthem "Beer at the Party" gets played too many times, when there was a lot of potential to create a much more varied soundtrack, as evidenced in one of the key scenes later in the film. There are other songs in the film, but "Beer at the Party" does get played a lot, although you will definitely wake up with it in your ears the next morning. That detail aside, the characters and dialogues are fun, and the story genuinely has you caring about this over-the-hill rock band and rooting for a positive outcome.
This is a good example of a film trying to capture some of the energy and excitement of Rock and Roll whilst not forgetting that it is a film and needs to have good story, plot and characters. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope that it gets a more widely distribution.
If there is one niggling detail that lets "Eddie Reynolds" down, it is ironically the soundtrack itself. The anthem "Beer at the Party" gets played too many times, when there was a lot of potential to create a much more varied soundtrack, as evidenced in one of the key scenes later in the film. There are other songs in the film, but "Beer at the Party" does get played a lot, although you will definitely wake up with it in your ears the next morning. That detail aside, the characters and dialogues are fun, and the story genuinely has you caring about this over-the-hill rock band and rooting for a positive outcome.
This is a good example of a film trying to capture some of the energy and excitement of Rock and Roll whilst not forgetting that it is a film and needs to have good story, plot and characters. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope that it gets a more widely distribution.