Brilliant

Rating: 9/10 (12 April 2008)

Not Knowing much about the life of Ian Curtis I approached this one with no expectations and it blew my mind. The utter tragedy of his life set in dreary black and white 70's England is captured to perfection in what is an awe inspiring piece of modern cinema. The Characters are played perfectly and you cannot help feel sorry for nearly all of them. What was really rammed home to me was how much the cocktail of drugs he was prescribed for epilepsy affected his state of mind. Also the band and record label never took his illness seriously and saw it as a hindrance to them. The way the film intertwines the songs he wrote with his life experiences makes it all the poignant to watch. Not uplifting but i guarantee you in the final frame where you here Mrs Curtis's plea Somebody help me after finding his body you'll want to reach in to the TV and do just that. And be left speechless after wards