There's a sequence about forty minutes into this documentary when, after being in rehearsals for a few weeks, the band announce via social media an impromptu gig to be held in a small venue in Warrington, England. This is to be their first concert in nearly twenty years and the whole portion of the film built around it is just brilliant. It becomes less about the Stone Roses themselves and more about the fans and their stories relating to them and what their music means to them. There are some really great moments here during the fan interviews with it all leading up to the first song of the concert, I Wanna Be Adored. On a greater scale, the film gets across a point that it's not just about what this particular band's music means to people, it's about the general importance of music in people's lives.
The film is at its best during that part of the film, with the opening and final third simply being just very good. You'll probably have to be a fan of the band to watch it. I really enjoyed it and think it's worth seeing.
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