
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Taste attributes: documentarymusicanimationmusic/dancebiographyfresh & originalwholesomelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questsocial commentary
Boxlist takeA fresh documentary that is stirring and warm-hearted. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
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- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
- Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully authorized portrait of the famed music icon. Academy Award nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen expertly blends Cobain's personal archive of art, music, never seen before movies, animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest friends.
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- Genre
- Documentary
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- HBO Documentary Films
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