Load of rubbish!!

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

If you wanna know the truth - I have never, ever liked (by one iota) the music nor the grimy, grungy, goofy character of Alice Cooper (that absurd stage persona thought up by Vincent Furnier). Never.To me - Vincent's "Alice" was such an inane and easily dislikable alter-ego, that I'm convinced this bottom-of-the-barrel character could have only been the brain-child of a total buffoon (which, I guess, sums up Furnier).Despite this celebrity-documentary being very well produced and actually featuring some really first-rate graphics - I, personally, do not think Alice Cooper was, in any way, "Super Duper" (as the title suggests). Nope. I think he was a sniveling dweeb, of the highest order.And, with that, I sure wish he'd get his hideous "Maybelline Eyes" right out of my face, once and for all.

Well - Well - Well!.... Surprise! Surprise! Not being at all a fan of Alice Cooper (the band) or Alice Cooper (the manufactured stage persona) - I certainly was all set to dislike this "Jekyll & Hyde" rockumentary, big-time. I really was. And, with that, most likely give this show a measly 2-star rating, at best.But - Hey! - As it turned out - Due to this production having a really talented writing/directing team behind it (who were a trio of Canadian dudes) - I found "Super Duper Alice Cooper" to be genuinely entertaining, for the most part.Yep. This rockumentary was a very slick and polished presentation that moved along smoothly as an impressive and colourful collage of retro film clips.Born Vincent Furnier (1948) - This fast-paced, 85-minute rockumentary told the tale of young Vincent's ambitious rise to rock'n'roll fame as he struggled to be different from all the rest - Eventually morphing into a trashy, theatrical stage personality who promoted sex, death & violence.Ah-yes! But there certainly was a price to be paid for Vincent/Alice's meteoric rise to super-stardom..... Be sure to watch this DVD to find out what price Alice paid for fame & fortune.

Super Duper Alice Cooper (2014): Dir: Sam Dunn, Reginald Harkema, Scot McFadyen / Featuring: Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Robert Ezrin, Sheryl Cooper: Documentary about one of the most enduring personalities to ever grace the concert stage. Born Vincent Furnier, the son of a pastor, the film narrates through archive footage how music has impacted his childhood with the Beatles bursting on the scene. He gets together with friends to form a band that is simply called Alice Cooper but it became apparent at the cost of his band that Vincent is Alice donned in lace, long shaggy black hair, and heavy black eye makeup. He became celebrated for his extreme stage antics that often included his own hanging or other theatrics such as taking a hatchet to a baby doll on stage. One of his most famous antics is a 1969 concert where he tossed a live chicken into the crowd and it was mangled by those in wheelchairs. Directors Sam Dunn, Reginald Harkema and Scot McFadyen capture the spirit of the performer with well edited sequences featuring Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari but perhaps some face time interviews might have helped. Maybe some more details into albums, charts, and perhaps the origins of specific songs would have been great. It also avoids less talked about areas like adding a theme song to Friday the 13th, Part 6: Jason Lives, or accompanying Jake "the Snake" Roberts to the ring at Wrestlemania 3. Otherwise this is a super duper documentary of unusual form that takes viewers into the mind of one of the industry's most bizarre minds. Score: 9 / 10

Probably because Bruce wrote a devastating book about his experiences in the band, and that he had written a lot of the material for the songs and that Alice 'abandoned them' after "Muscle Of Love" sessions were recorded. I think he's had an ax to grind with them ever since. Can't say I totally blame him either. He isn't even mentioned at the end of the film as if he didn't even exist.Buxton was barely mentioned at all and not having an RIP at the end had to have been deliberate slap in the face on the filmmaker's part. Maybe Buxton was as bitter over the whole thing as Bruce was and the producers of this film followed the input from the management. Some kind of fallout occurred for this to happenNot to mention, everything is done in voice-over and we don't get to see the participants as they are today. The scenes are done in that CGI diorama overlay style which is fine in some cases but I think overused here.Overall, a not very satisfying documentary. 3 out of 10 for these glaring omissions.