A solid documentary history of the Bee Gees - yes, it's authorised which means we don't get all the dirty details, but the interviews provided are pretty honest about how the brothers Gibb survived the mix of fame and family over multiple decades and at least three career wipeouts. If I never quite get a sense that I know them as people rather than as music professionals at the end of the film, that's partially because the film does respect their privacy and their personal space enough to allow them their dignity. And their career slides across most of the major cultural movements of the late 60s and late 70s, which means it's also quite the cultural history. Combining all of that with interesting choices of side interviews (Noel Gallagher and Nick Jonas on maintaining a career with your siblings, Chris Martin on dealing with backlash) means it's a fascinating doco to enjoy
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