this is a movie for people who don't just like the music of nirvana and it's lead singer kurt cobain, but instead invest a lot of emotion into the mythology of the band's legacy and the suicide of cobain. while this movie seems bravo enough not to try to explain away those final days it doesn't much find anything to capture our interest. long camera pans can be interesting but when you have a movie that seems to consist entirely of them it can induce a drowsiness. gus van sant manages to put just enough in not to completely bore the target audience. but the movie seems to lack any of the joy that the nirvana front man took in his music. without that joy as a backdrop the sadness of the last days only take on a sense of self absorbed narcissism. Micheal pitt does a decent job trying to emulate cobain but of course lacks the very heightened charisma that helped propel the band in the first place, in addition his roll is mostly that of silence with brief forays into incoherent mumbling under his breath. it's hard to find things to like about this movie but they are indeed there..........
6 out 10, could have been more
6 out 10, could have been more