Sexylocher Masterful Movie

TeenzTen An action-packed slog

Mathster The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Monique One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

oshngrl I watched this twice before i realized I had gained no new information about Kurt Cobain and that in fact, Courtney Love presented the most credibility of anyone in this meandering film, whose total point was to convince people that she had a hand in Kurt Cobain's death.Introduced to us by Nick Broomfield are a handful of drug addicts who don't like Courtney, her father who is trying very hard to make a living by castigating his daughter, and a very very sad alcoholic named El Duche who makes it clear he will say anything Mr. Broomfield likes if he will just pony up the beers. Sadly he dies. Plus the odd disgruntled former employee. What I never found out was anything about Kurt's parents other than they put him out at age 16, but not why or anything at all about them as people.There is a lot of pointless footage, such as a confrontation with some government official working in a building Kurt used to shoot bb's at.Anyone with any meaningful information about Kurt, his motives or relationship with Courtney apparently declined to be interviewed. Unless it was some fading Seattle punk scene leftovers who doesn't like Courtney.I thought she handled Nick Broomfield very well when he confronted her about things she did decades ago when she was young and new to celebrity. The one interesting thing I learned is that Kurt and Kourtney knew each other about 2 years before he took his own life which is very sad. Imagine having a new baby, trying to get your partner into recovery and losing him in that terrible way. And then having to carry on in spite of a bunch of unsubstantiated rumors about how you killed the guy.There are apparently people who love and care about Courtney given the trouble Nick had making his poison pen documentary but we never meet them. Worth watching for the complete freak show if you like that sort of thing.

jackdickie Even though I am a huge fan of Kurt Cobain and NIRVANA, This Documentary which is on the Conspiracy Theory of Kurt's death which suggests he was murdered and that his wife (Courtney Love) Hired someone to murder him. Now let me talk about this...Film... I feel as though Nick Broomfield didn't care enough to want this film to actually be good. It felt to me as though he was never truly invested in wanting to make a Documentary on Kurt Cobain's death, who's he there for? what's he doing? Did he plan ahead? Doesn't sound like he did. He goes through several people who simply feel like they're nothing but talking heads, people who're there to help make this film a Documentary with interviews. Of course he interviews Dylan Carlson who was Kurt's best friend which you'd think would be a great interview but as it looks, Dylan sounds as though he's either tired or he's on some sort of drug (Not saying Heroin), But I would like to say that this film isn't great. But it's something you can sit down with a group of mates to laugh at and MOCK for being so stupid,... This film is nothing more than a wreck loose of a "Documentary" I don't recommend it. This isn't a good documentary. 1/10, awful...Truly Awful.

Michael_Elliott Kurt & Courtney (1998) *** (out of 4) Nick Broomfield's controversial documentary on the suicide of Kurt Cobain and the conspiracy theories around whether or not Courtney Love had him murdered. This is an incredibly strange documentary that has "witnesses" that no lawyer in the world would put on the stand but at the same time there's no question that the film will keep you glued to what you're watching. It's hard to say how much truth is found in this documentary or if everything here is nothing more that cruel gossip but I must say that it's rather obvious that Broomfield hates Love. There are a lot of problems with this documentary with the main one being Broomfield's attacks on Love at every chance he gets. It's clear he wants to know whether or not Love killed Cobain but I think there are quite a few cheap shots taken at her. The director is constantly saying how he wanted to use certain music but Love wouldn't allow it. Well, duh. Any music rights owner isn't going to let you freely use something so considering this film ran out of backers it's clear that they wouldn't have had the money to buy the music even if they were for sale. There's an episode at the end when the director could have asked her a question but didn't and instead gets on a stage and does it in public. Another cheap shot. With that said, the murder conspiracy is just something hard to wrap your brain around. Even if it was true, the witnesses here are cracked out heroin addicts so it's really hard to take what they say as the truth. You could argue that Kurt and Courtney were a part of this crowd, which I guess would be fair but I do wonder what motive some of these people had. It's clear that Love's father hates his daughter so his motives are certain. Others claim that they're terrified of Love yet they come out and say she murdered Kurt. No matter what your opinion on the truth is, it's hard to take any real evidence out of this documentary.

fssboing Having done a lot of research before watching this documentary, particularly on Kurt's death, I was almost convinced that Courtney had someone kill him -the suicide letter is NOT a suicide letter and someone has added the last 3 lines.- Anyways, Kurt was in a good phase at that point of his life: he just wanted to leave Courtney and Nirvana. There's a lot of clues supporting the fact that this was a murder and not a suicide, BUT the movie only shed light to a couple of them + wasted a lot of time interviewing random ppl, that had nothing to do with the whole thing, like Amy. Also, the director presents this medical evidence that someone can take double the doses that Kurt did, and still stand on one leg!!!that's ridiculous!! the doses was 3 times the lethal doses, and the evidence he presents has to do with swallowing methadone, and not injecting heroine! all in all, i would say that the movie doesn't have a clear view on anything. It just left me feeling depressed and sad that the Kobain case is and will always be closed, and Courtney is not and never will be where she deserves: IN JAIL!!