The beautiful events continue and the film is full of suspense and excitement. Events begin with the death of the famous rock singer with his fans. But no one knows how he died, and here comes the surprise. Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, is investigating. When Arthur was young and grew up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Now he accepts the task and begins to investigate what happened to his old hero.
Not a superficial music video but a smart and compassionate dissection of superficiality, and of the alternating joys and disillusionments experienced by its audience.
A bizarre thing, this trippy movie takes you on a whirlwind tour of Brit glam rock and doesn't let go. Graphic and unforgiving, but good.
Combustible Celluloid
January 07, 2012
The style is devilishly flamboyant and gleefully indulgent; every shot is full of amazing stuff. The edits dance and twist. It's a glam movie about a glam subject.
Working slightly against it, it's got an elliptical approach that's initially emotionally disorienting, a plot structure that's been a bit too audaciously borrowed from Citizen Kane, of all things, and a rather vacant performance at [its]center.
Clever, often fascinating look at the world of glam rock.
EmanuelLevy.Com
April 23, 2012
Haynes' chronicle of the glam era is visually rich but too dramatically fragmented and overwhelmed by music to permit involvement in the tale's characters or the director's POV.