An Uncle Roddus Movie Review
Mrs. Roddus, Bless her heart, spotted that this doco was being shown in town for one night only, and due to her new found love of Pearl Jam (since I took her to see them here in 2009) and her lust for Eddie Vedder, she paid for the tickets to go.
Pretty much par for the course as far as band docos go, with plenty of rare and original footage of the band early in their career and indeed footage from the previous band (Mother Love Bone) that two of the founding members were in back in the late 80s. Some good concert footage and although pretty egocentric towards the bands success, it was pleasing to see them paying tribute to the debt owed Nirvana and Kurt Cobain for leading the way for this type of music to crossover. An enjoyable film, if somewhat predictable and ending just in time with its two hour length, before it became too long. Fans of the band will enjoy it, fanatics of the band will have already seen a fair bit of the footage and know the story. Rating 3.5/5
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