I have found it very difficult to come up with a rating here, and I went through many emotions watching this. Firstly the easy bit, the concert footage. This is mostly excellent. Well shot, with some truly excellent performances from all those involved. The documentary elements are variable. Some are good and some seem superfluous and add nothing. Then, when we add in that actually some of the footage was not real footage and didn't even happen things get very complicated. From my point of view as a viewer, I started off intrigued; what was fact, what was fiction? Then as time went on, this just became unsettling and became my main focus rather than enjoying the film. Worse than that though, some of the obvious inserts (the film Maker, Sharon Stone) are just so bad it's off putting, spinal tap this is not. So, it's a mixed bag but ultimately this is worth a watch for the live footage.
Review of Rolling Thunder Revue
