Just returned from the world premiere of the movie at CPH:DOX.
Was excited about it as I both like the production team behind this documentary as well as Jose's music.
So why 3/10?
-there are a bunch of great questions raised by Jose in the beginning of the movie. But the movie doesn't really answer any of them.
-yes, it's admirable to open up about mental health, but it ends up being a journey of artistic self-adulation. And someone thought it would be interesting enough to make movie out of it.
-it feels like a movie about the making of an album that has the purpose of promoting it, it's difficult to spot other reasons for it to exist.
-second part of the movie feels very stretched, considering the length of the film, it feels someone just filled with content that has no apparent purpose.
I listened to a lot of Jose's music in my life and it feels like he essentially lacks a creative concept to bring forward as an artist. Even in the movie he reminiscences about becoming a scientist instant. So what does Jose do with his artistic reach? Another artist gone "save the world", "be more human", "believe in facts"...
That's all he came up with. Very creative.
80 minutes of people's attention wasted by looking at the "difficult" life of Joss. If you want to make the world a better place, focus on the problems of the life's of other non privileged people, instead of pitying yourself. Even Jose's wife seems to be annoyed. Don't annoy yourself and avoid this movie.
Even this review is already too much attention for an artist whose message remains as insignificant as the UNICEF branded football teams he despises so vocally.