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Foo Fighters: Back and Forth

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Dave Grohl and other members of the Foo Fighters discuss their band's music, swift rise to success, and more.

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Empire Magazine Rated: 4/5 Apr 12, 2012 Full Review Benjamin H. Smith Decider Unfortunately... Foo Fighters: Back And Forth settles into a rather mundane laundry list-like recounting of each album's creation and the band's achievements. Dec 20, 2017 Full Review Brian Costello Common Sense Media Music docu shows realities of band life; cursing and drugs. Rated: 3/5 Sep 12, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Funny and enjoyable. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member This will likely be my most biased review yet, but Foo Fighters are a top 5 band for me (#4 to be precise), and this movie just cuts open their stomach and lets the guts spill out for every fan to see... and I love it for that. The documentary consists of interviews from each band member from the origin of the band all the way until their 2011 album, "Wasting Light." Some serious light is shed on this band which many probably thought was made up of a bunch of easy-going guys who got famous because their Singer was in Nirvana, but that couldn't be more wrong. Like every music documentary, we discover unseen tensions between the band and plenty of opportunities for them to break up and hate each other forever, but somehow they were able to put it all aside to keep making great music. Some might be annoyed that the documentary takes some predictable turns: the drummer who overdoses, kicking less talented members out of the band, the musicians being angry at their charismatic front man who has cool side projects, and so on and so forth. So if you're a fan of Foo Fighters it will unveil so much information on their history that you never knew existed and gives their music another level of depth because you now know what was going through their heads as they recorded each album. If you aren't a fan, then this might end up being a boring chronology of a mainstream rock band. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Such a great documentary. Much respect for Dave. True musician. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A nice documentary about the history of the Foo Fighters and how they made "Wasting Light" in Dave Grohl's garage. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my all time favorite bands tell their story. I laughed my ass off and believe it or not, cried, during this film. They've come such a long way in the music industry and their story is inspirational. Absolutely LOVE the Foo Fighters! Rock on! \\m// Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member gran banda y buen documental.... quizás yo hubiera esperado un poco más para hacerlo, pero bueno, Wasting Lights es un gran final para la película y un gran punto suspensivo para la evolución de FF. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Dave Grohl and other members of the Foo Fighters discuss their band's music, swift rise to success, and more.
Director
James Moll
Producer
Nigel Sinclair, James Moll
Production Co
Spitfire Films
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 5, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 22, 2016
Runtime
1h 42m
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