![]() Although, that’s accepting that the Irish mobsters, who were conned into investing in the McCormicks’ doomed musical venture, don’t get to them first.īut the brothers just don’t convince. ![]() ![]() For instance, Ivan initially doesn’t realise how close he was to stardom, which is, of course, a secret that will, at a crucial point, be exposed and threaten the brothers’ relationship. As a comedy, it is limp, and its attempts towards drama are laughable. However, if the film isn’t about the music, it isn’t entirely satisfying in any other regard. Meanwhile, the McCormick’s efforts aren’t borne out by anything as boring as performance or composition (some of their bandmates have neither names nor lines), with focus given more to their increasingly absurd fashion sense, which looks like an accident in a nostalgia factory, at times Dexys Midnight Runners-style dungarees, at others Duran Duran, later settling on an odd mix of Withnail and Michael Hutchence. At times, it’s unclear whether the filmmakers even understand how the music world operates, as U2 go from local clubhouse to debut album to million-selling chart topper in a short run of scenes. ![]()
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