The film’s funny and shocking gore too often plays second fiddle to meandering comedic bits revolving around the band’s recording sessions.
Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl were prolific enough to produce some of the greatest rock songs ever put to tape.
Director Brett Morgen distinguishes the biographical documentary by viewing himself as more of a curator than a film director.
That Dave Grohl not only survived Nirvana, but in fact proved an impressively adaptable artist, is no small thing.
At a massive 253 minutes, Peter Bogdanovich’s documentary certainly doesn’t lack for detail.
This is a key piece in the post-mortem puzzle of alternative rock ‘n’ roll’s most enigmatic frontman.