Dreadful

Rating: 1/10 (17 March 2015)

A satire it may be, but tries much too hard. Two hours of shouting and swearing, coupled with lengthy Steadicam shots round the backstage corridors detracted from its purpose. The conceit of showing the soundtrack drummer as busking in the street is OK once. Then do it again in side space backstage - very poor. The flying sequence went on way too long, at that point in the film I was expecting it to blend into the end credits. No such luck, still a way to go. I also felt, despite Michael Keaton's strong acting (the only good thing about it)even he fell into the trap of overacting at times. Edit it down to 80 - 90 minutes it might be worth 3 stars. As it is, save your money and 2 hours of your life. With such other brilliant films in the Best Film category, at the Oscars, such as Selma and The Theory of Everything, one really has to ask oneself WHY?!