Down to the last beat, this film keeps it real.

Rating: 8/10 (21 April 2006)

First off, let me say I'm just a fat white guy from the suburbs, but I was asked by a friend to watch this film because I am a musician, and I was very much taken with this film.
Not only does it provide us with a very real and very serious look at the creative process during times of strife, turmoil, uncertainty, doubt, shame and triumph, but it also teaches us a thing about what we don't see behind the bling.
I can't imagine when I've last seen a film about music, to be so responsible and so honest.
But as an example of the pitfalls and walls that these folks have to overcome, it goes beyond a story about making music and shows how it's also a tool for survival.
Wow.
I can't write anymore.