Cobain: Montage of Heck

Cobain: Montage of Heck

Directed by Brett Morgen

Produced by Public Road Productions, HBO Documentary Films

2015132 min7.6 / 10

An intimate, visually inventive portrait of Kurt Cobain's inner life that grapples unflinchingly with addiction, fame, and psychological torment through his own archives and personal testimony.

Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully authorized portrait of the famed music icon. Academy Award nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen expertly blends Cobain's personal archive of art, music, never seen before movies, animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest friends.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Cobain: Montage of Heck sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.

  • Does Cobain: Montage of Heck end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Cobain: Montage of Heck scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Cobain: Montage of Heck violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Cobain: Montage of Heck easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity95

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Surprise52

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love90

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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