Overall I found the film enjoyable and interesting, it was definitely a nice introductory lesson to Brit-pop. It quite obviously skims the surface--clearly since I'm not very familiar with a lot of the history behind the movement besides having heard a surprising amount of the songs included here.A lot of other reviewers are complaining about how self-indulgent a lot of the people in this film are, and I have to agree, but I think that's what adds to the magic of it. This was not intended as an accurate education about brit-pop. If they were to do that, they would have a much wider array of sources with differing opinions of its import as well as a narrator to tie it all together. But clearly this was supposed to be a close portraiture of the people who participated in the movement, and it seems that one of their defining characteristics was narcissism.I thought overall the film was quite beautifully crafted. It had a nice variety of shots, and a great intercut of stock footage with interview material. And I liked that there was no narrator telling us how to interpret these things, but rather a camera set dead-on the musicians allowing them to talk and us to decide for ourselves.The only thing that really bothered me was the presence of two Radiohead songs without a single mention of Radiohead. It got me wondering about their role in this whole Brit-pop movement, especially when I take in consideration their continued popularity. But I guess that's good incentive to keep researching the matter outside of this film.Overall a good experience.

Interesting film because almost everyone in it is either insane, mad, degenerate, dissipated, addicted, unintelligible, mundane, narcissistic, sociopathic, gender confused, alcoholic, Marxist, greedy, dirty and/or stupid; not to mention only marginally talented. If I could buy these 'pop' idols for what they're worth, and sell them for what they think they're worth, I'd be the richest man on the planet. Having seen each and every band in this film live in concert, I never cease to be amazed at how the Brits can no longer discern real talent from real garbage. Without America having invented rock'n'roll to begin with, these malcontents would have never even seen an electric guitar or amplifier...how quickly they forget and claim credit for what they only borrowed from us!

I have to agree with some of the other reviews here. I hardly think that the big bad mean conservative government was the root cause of all the problems (fake or real) that all these poor souls faced. Seriously, could Thatcher actually stop The Stone Roses from making music? You almost want to say, "Shut up you twits and play your f**king guitars!"And how they faced it was pretty pathetic. Put on a big concert just so that they can have an excuse to take drugs.The irony is that this perceived idea that they were being oppressed led to some great music. It's just a bloody shame they had such a chip on their shoulders the whole time.

Well produced and thoughtfully put together. But it leaves out so much history and so many bands that it could probably become a mutli-part series. I'd watch it.

However you spin it Noel was instrumental in getting the labor party into power...shame we didnt know then what we know now. too bad. don't mix politics with music kiddo. Yeah Oasis are a bunch of undereducated fookwits but the music lives on..Chad N your out of your depth mate..Thatcher made thousands unemployed, privatized evreything doubled the crime rate and generally made life pretty fu*king miserable for a lot of people....actually i just think your a complete dick for using words like "hegemonic" in a sentence.

They completely missed Radiohead aside from jacking two of their tunes, and they mention worse bands in their stead. Good production quality, good topic choice, but poor coverage.

Love the music but... I also love how Thatcher is such a bogeyman to these people. Actually, I should more accurately describe them as frightened children. I had no idea Margaret Thatcher was running a despotic Communist state where music was forbidden. And then of course the hegemonic Nirvana with the unfairly powerful King Kobain of the Amerikan Empire came along and refused to allow the poor working class Brits their rightful place in the sun until his eventual death. Poor things.As for the Gallagher brothers--being cocky rock stars is one thing, but insufferable narcissism is another. Has no one ever given them a proper butt kicking? The film just glosses over the surface of the music and the bands and all the influences (other than Thatcher) that must have played a role in creating what became known as Britpop. If not for my enjoyment of simply listening to the music this would have been one star for me.