can I get my money back?

Rating: 3/10 (28 December 2013)

What a cruel joke! We thought this was a pretty terrible movie. Perhaps if you are a lover of folk music trivia you can find subtle meanings. It was lost on us and we are big 60's folk music fans although we did enjoy the soundtrack. There were no characters in this film that we liked or cared about. Of course folk singers did have trials and tribulations in pursuing their craft but they were people with values, nothing like the singer portrayed here. The plot meandered from one mean vignette to another. The John Goodman sequence wasn't funny or deep, it was just annoying. The hallmark seemed to be that everyone when off on an irrational rant for whatever reason. The use of profanity was overdone. It further belittled the characters. I'm shocked that the film has apparently gotten some measure of critical acclaim.
I was certainly expecting something clever and amusing. This was not it.