When I saw the trailer, I was intrigued about this story, so I checked out the background of it online and thought this might be a movie worth watching.
The music aspect of the movie is well done. And the actors all play their parts well.
But I felt a lack of connection at the end of the day. It really was a half hour or hour MTV special that was stretched out too long. I really couldn't buy into the angst that Don was feeling, even though I could understand where it was coming from. It just felt repetitive. Especially all of the speeches that happen in the movie. Usually a movie will have one or two big speeches. This one seemed to have many 'oscar' moments that just weighed it down too much.
I also didn't like the cliched 'older self meets younger self'. I think that's been played to death, and is just cheesy now.
I am glad for the Emerson family and I hope they are continuing to rake in the money from the album. It was nice seeing the real voice of Donnie as it is today, he definitely is a gifted singer. But the movie just didn't resonate with me, and that's coming from a music lover.
