Watching this, I kept being reminded of old Hollywood biopics like The Jolson Story or The Glen Miller Story: lots of dialogue along the lines of "I tell you it can't be done", "if this doesn't work out INXS is ruined" "it's madness" "if you want to dream, dream big".
So it's hokey - but the fact is, it happened. INXS did conquer the world, and made me so proud as an Australian, and Michael Hutchence was a charismatic tragic figure and the band were close and made such wonderful music. All that is captured here.
Luke Arnold does very well in a role that would have been a nightmare to cast, although Andy Ryan is better as Andrew Farris. The guy who played Tim Farris was annoying (his performance mostly seemed to consist of a mullet and a grin) but Damon Herriman was first rate. There are fine turns by others in the cast, and there's a lot of fun playing "do they look like the person they are playing".
The first half is great fun, the second half is moving. I wish there had been more scenes like when Farris is working on "Need You Tonight", where is slowed down and was a little less "history as montage" but all in all the success of this isn't hard to fathom.
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