The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The Black Keys was a two man group in this 2008 effort: Daniel on guitar, keyboard, and vocals, Patrick on drums.The pair was recorded during a set at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon, USA.The visuals are between poor and worse. The audio is not that good.One can make out some of the sound that would later mature into something good. The musical style for which the group achieved fame was definitely not present yet.-----Scores-----Cinematography: 1/10 Sub-VHS quality. Bad focus, lens flare, so-so framing, contrast flattening. Looks like the worst-ever camcorder product from the eighties.Sound: 4/10 Not very good. I've heard far better quality from Black Keys cuts on the FM radio in my car. Their expanded group for post 2010 efforts has a much better sound.Acting: z/10 Not really relevant. This is musical performance only, with no further aspirations.Screenplay: 3/10 Straight-up concert recording, with no particular frills, or acting, or story line. This was about the longest 64 minutes I can remember.