gogogopher321 I did love this movie and it kept my interest throughout but I thought the most interesting thing was how so many people are so afraid of Courtney Love! lol She is, after all, just white trash with a violent streak. Unfortunately, she is now white trash with money, which is the worst combination. If she did arrange a hit on Cobain, we'll never know but this film does raise some interesting questions and seems to have very credible sources of information, especially the nanny and the private detective Love hired. The suicide note is very interesting, also, with what looks like four lines added on by someone else (guess who)?! In any case, Broomfield did a great job, I thought, despite all the obstacles Love's "people" tried to put in his way.Sadly, after seeing this and seeing what a puppet Kurt Cobain was to his wife's manipulations, I've lost a lot of respect for the guy. I don't think he was especially talented but it's such a shame how he ended up. He was a doormat for Courtney and that is the saddest thing. This movie does a good job of showing Love for what she really is, too--and it ain't pretty.

cynthiacher-1 This is a disturbing documentary, but definitely worth seeing. A lot of the characters are strange and freaky, but then the lifestyle of the Cobains was strange and freaky. Some people say the oddballs interviewed in this movie have no credibility, but I disagree. I don't think they have the brains to make up the stuff they say happened.I think the El Duce character was telling the truth. It's a little TOO coincidental that he was killed in an "accident" shortly after making his claim that Courtney Love offered to pay him to kill Kurt.Kurt is shown briefly in the movie and seems heartbreakingly sweet.But this movie mainly concentrates on Courtney Love. And she comes across as mentally unbalanced, deceitful, capable of anything. She's a horror story. One of the people interviewed who knew both Kurt and Courtney said she thought he killed himself to get away from her. I'd buy that! At one point, Love's father is interviewed. He said he hadn't spoken to Courtney lately, but her mother had. He said Courtney had told her that "she was getting married." Who to, he's asked. "Edward Norton", he replied. I know Love and Edward Norton used to "date." What the hell was HE thinking? Courtney Love did NOT want this movie to be released and tried to prevent it from happening. It's easy to understand why; it portrays her honestly. And she does NOT want people to know what a monster she really is.Rent it!

morrison-dylan-fan Due to being a fan of Nirvana and very interested in the death of Kurt Cobain.When i saw the trailer to the film.I hoped it would go deeper into Cobains life,then the "Cobain bio" Hearvier then heaven.That i feel put to many guises down as "fact" The story:On April 8th 1994,the body of "Generation X spokesmen"and Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain was found.The ruling was suicide,due to black tar Heroin and a gun shot to the head.The film tries to find out, by asking former "friends and workers" of Cobain and Love,if Cobains wife Courtney Love (who he was going to divorce due to her cheating on him,if he had lived.)Killed her husband. View on the film:Sadly i feel that the film about half an hour in,stops looking at the music and turns into a battle against Love.This is what i feel breaks the film apart.Some of the many problems of the film is that no one from Geffen or the other two Nirvana members:Krist Noverselick and Dave Grohl (Grohl is in a long-term court battle with Love about ownership of Nirvana music.) are not involved with the film.Broomfield also decides to leave the real (possible) evidence that someone killed Cobain(Cobain had used his credit card a few hours before he died for a flight.)How ever,the film (for me) could have made an interesting case that most rock stars die very young (Brian"Rolling Stones"Jones,Jimi Hendrix,Janis Joplin,Jim"The Doors"Morrison and Cobain all died at age 27.)and the (perhaps)the flaws the the person has,is perhaps one of the things that makes there music more interesting and stronger? Instead Broomfield goes for a very thin conspiracy,that is filed with cartoon characters! .The film shows that Cobain had a lot of demons (a life-long depression,very suicidal,was very terrified about all the fame,due to not being "prepeared" for it,a massive drug problem.)and the Love helped Cobain (wrongly)see the only way out was suicide. Final view on the film:An interesting,but very flawed film about a major music icon.The shows there is no definitive film/book on Nirvana/Cobain.

tbyrne4 Sleazy, silly, typically lowbrow documentary from typically lowbrow documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield probes Kurt Cobain's suicide (murder?) and widow Courtney Love's subsequent rise to rock/Hollywood stardom. Never less than fascinating, but similar to flipping through a National Enquirer. The ink stays on your fingers and afterward all you can think about is washing it off. Broomfield is a scuzzy English tabloid documentarian obsessed with white-trash America. His best trait is his aggressive interview technique, and the way his films seem to descend on a spiral. As he neglects to get the "truth" from his interview subjects he returns to them again and again, his questions and manner growing more and more relentless. It's fun to watch but also annoying and unnerving. Like watching someone slowly drill a hole through metal. I hope I'm never subjected to his process.Culturally and geographically, this film is like looking at a graveyard. The grunge scene (Seattle in particular) seems to have died along with Cobain. What a thriving mecca it once was. The brief concert clips of Seattle bands post-Nirvana are just depressing. At one point the lead singer in some Nirvana wannabe group attacks a fan with his microphone and screams obsceneties at him and it comes off as pathetic and listless. What a boring, dried-up scene Seattle has become. And who are these losers Broomfield trots out in front of his camera. Someone named "Ami" who says she had the same dealer as Cobain and Love and calls Love a harpy. Maybe she is but who cares. Who in the world IS this Ami and why are we listening to her. She could be lying about knowing them. Later, there's someone else (they don't even say her name) who says she worked for Cobain and Love as a nanny for a month. The woman looks so wasted on drugs if Cobain and Love were dumb enough to hire her as a nanny they deserved to be slandered in a documentary.The absurdity reaches its nadir with the introduction of "El Duce", and truly a sadder specimen you will not likely see outside of a mental hospital or jail. I flat out refuse to believe anyone would offer this guy 50 grand to snuff anyone because he looks like he could hardly make it to the mailbox. The only really reliable people are Love's father (who's just plain odd), Cobain's former friend and the guy who supplied him with the shotgun (he's so doped up he can't follow Broomfield's questions) and Cobain's aunt (who's the only sane person in the entire film).Amazingly, the one who ends up looking good is Love. This was during one of her "together" periods so she looks great in the few clips we see of her. Certainly better than anyone else in the movie. And a lot more coherent (with the exception of her scary voice-mail threats). A sad movie, finally. Doubtful that Love killed him. Too much speculation. A straight documentary on Cobain would have been much more interesting. The few clips we get of him are the best things in the film