laurapalmersdead "Still Crazy" is without a doubt the greatest rock comedy of all-time. It has been erroneously compared to "This Is Spinal Tap", which it has no relation to. "Spinal Tap" is a satire (and, quite frankly, not a very good one, in spite of it's "outing" of many rock clichés). Unlike "Tap", "Still Crazy" is populated by great actors, great songs and great human situations. You CARE about the people in "Still Crazy". That's all that matters. Oh, yeah, the music's pretty damn good, too, written by Mick Jones of Foreigner and Chris Difford of Squeeze. American audiences were already familiar with Stephen Rea (The Crying Game), but would only later become familiar with Bill Nighy (Underworld, Love Actually, Pirates Of The Caribbean II) and Timothy Spall (the Harry Potter movies).

HRoss007 Bill Nighy playing the lead singer with relationship, financial, and past alcohol / substance issues leads this movie and provides most of it's comic value. This is not his Greatest performance, but adds a lot of depth and range to an actor I first noticed in 'The Girl in the Café.' Where did I get the idea that he could only play stodgy old bureaucrats? I have certainly seen Nighy in some Great Movies, but don't always come away remembering his parts like I will from this one.Juliet Aubrey brings heart to this film, as one who has moved on, but still feels the call of these crazy performers that she loved.I wasn't that crazy about this movie. There will be viewers who will love it more based on credible backstage drama of getting rock star egos together to perform, not just in their Youth, but years later when they carry the baggage and scars of their earlier dreams.I don't know how this film got an 'R' rating? Drugs and Sex are real part of the Rock Band environment, but do not seem to be glorified in this film. Per the plot - these characters paid dearly for the substance abuses of their youth in Death, Separation, and Lost Loves. There's not enough Vulgar Language, Nudity, Drugs or Sexual Situations to deserve more than a PG-13! (Maybe for an 'R' I was disappointed there wasn't MORE!)

Jackson Booth-Millard If you liked This Is Spinal Tap, then you will love this rockumentary focusing on a fake band reunion. Years when they had success it was shaken by a lighting bolt hitting their gig, and recently a member of the band disappearing, maybe dead. Basically one of the members of the band, Strange Fruit, has the idea, years later, to bring everyone back together for a reunion concert. The members include Tony Costello (The Crying Game's Stephen Rea, Hughie (Billy Connolly), Les Wickes (Jimmy Nail), David 'Beano' Baggot (Timothy Spall), Ray Simms (Bill Nighy) and Brian Lovell (Bruce Robinson), by the way, one of them is the one they suspected was dead. Personally, I preferred this to This Is Spinal Tap, and not just because of an all-star cast, but there was more laughs and more unique moments. Also starring Juliet Aubrey as Karen Knowles, Helena Bergström as Astrid Simms, Hans Matheson as Luke Shand, Rachael Stirling as Clare Knowles, Phil Daniels as Neil Gaydon, Zoë Ball and Corrie's Tricky Dicky Brian Capron as Senior Executive. It was nominated the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical and Best Song for "The Flame Still Burns". Good!

HoBopkins Horrible film. This is a bore fest and rips off "Spinal Tap". Well, it doesn't exactly, but it tries for that funny fictional rock band thing. This movie is supposed to be taken seriously, unlike "Spinal Tap", and that's what makes it such a pretentious bore. For one thing, Tap's music is classic. It's bad, but classic. In other words it's supposed to be bad, and for bad, it's awesome. The music in this flick, that is, the original songs that we're supposed to believe were once classic tunes, are god-awful. Worse than "On the Dark Side" by "Eddie and the Cruisers", if you can believe it. I think it's very difficult to make a film that's supposed to be taken seriously (even if it's a comedy) about a (fictional) famous band, or composer, if you can't write music to back up what the story is about. You can do this with a writer; that is, make a film centering a fictional famous author, because his work doesn't have to show; just make him a brooding, somber, strange and deeply troubled guy and you're in. But with a band, you must play their music to back up why we're supposed to believe they're geniuses. I think they based the main "genius" guy, who is lost for years and presumed dead, on either Brian Jones or Syd Barrett or Jim Morrison or all three. This guy was, or rather is, supposed to be the lost Mozart of rock, and the song that he wrote, that was supposed to be of "Stairway to Heaven" or "Freebird" legacy, sounds more like something the producer or writer or director or gaffer or even best boy of the film wrote in two minutes. Anyhow, it's a horrible, horrible film, one of those "cult movies" that, while being made, was considered "a cult movie to be"... or something. Avoid it even at no costs.