Gem of a documentary, educational, hilarious, heartfelt, basically an emotional rollercoaster
4 December 2019
I was lucky to catch this last night playing to a full house at the London Film Week film festival on 3rd Dec 2019, competing in a select group of only seven feature-length films in official competition including Scorsese's "The Irishman" and the latest films by Takashi Mike, Armando Iannucci, and the already multi-award-winning Marriage Story by Noah Baumbach so my expectations were high when seeing it selected to compete in such highly esteemed company, thankfully I wasn't to be disappointed as it proved to be the best doco I've watched since "The Dawn Wall" (2017), though not comparable in content, I found the personal honesty truly moving and inspiring. I watch a lot of documentaries and visit a lot of film festivals as I love to discover new talent to share with my friends so I feel very privileged to be able to be the first to review this little gem. Buddy Munro (the star, entertainer, explorer, comedian and a man working his way forward in life through therapy after a deeply traumatic accident as a child) is a true force of nature. Superbly edited by Ben Hooten the film deftly intercuts between Buddy's madcap adventures in Nollywood and a deeply moving interview where we discover what made him who he is. Within minutes we cut from scenes inducing tears of laughter to ones so moving they produce tears of sadness, simply an emotional rollercoaster. This debut Directorial feature by Michael Lebor (which he also shot) has a great deal of charm, was thoroughly entertaining and I cannot recommend highly enough you taking the time to seek it out and to watch this powerful and life-affirming film, both Buddy and Michael and all involved have clearly arrived, expect to hear a lot more from this very talented group of filmmakers.
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