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  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • Balcony Releasing
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • Balcony Releasing
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary An intimate and moving meditation on the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain, based on more than 25 hours of previously unheard audiotaped interviews conducted with Cobain by noted music journalist Michael Azerrad for his book "Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana." In the film, Kurt Cobain recounts his own life - from his childhood an...

Directed By: AJ Schnack

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • Balcony Releasing
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • Balcony Releasing
  • 1 h 36 m

Kurt Cobain About a Son

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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Summary An intimate and moving meditation on the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain, based on more than 25 hours of previously unheard audiotaped interviews conducted with Cobain by noted music journalist Michael Azerrad for his book "Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana." In the film, Kurt Cobain recounts his own life - from his childhood an...

Directed By: AJ Schnack

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Everyone involved with the film brings their top talents to the fore, and the result is a touching, heartbreaking and an ultimately honest personal experience.
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80
The result is a film exponentially more vivid and absorbing than the garden-variety rock-doc or biopic. "About a Son" is a must for anyone who still loves Cobain, or still has hope for cinematic portraiture.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
80
No single film or book can dispel the cloud of enigma surrounding Kurt Cobain, but simply sitting in the dark and hearing him talk to you for 90 minutes, while the dreary gray-green beauty of his home state moves through your eyeballs and into your brain, goes a pretty long way.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
75
Be advised that this is no ordinary music doc. There are no talking heads and no performance footage of Nirvana. In fact, there's no Nirvana music at all. Instead, Schnack gives us other artists' music that had an effect on the troubled rocker.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
A true gift to fans of this important musician.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
63
Near the end, we hear Cobain reveal his disdain for adults who “can’t even pretend, or at least have enough courtesy for their children, to talk to one another civilly.” A painful and unexpected moment.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
25
Never penetrates Cobain's circumstances or character.
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Production Company Bonfire Films of America, Sidetrack Films
Release Date Oct 3, 2007
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline A revealing and intimate portrait of a misunderstood genius.
Website http://www.eddistribution.com/film.php?id_film=76
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Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Nomination
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Nomination

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