Meet Me in the Bathroom

Released Nov 4, 2022

1 hr. 47 min.

Documentary

Music

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Inspired by Lizzy Goodman’s bestselling book, MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM is an immersive archival journey through the explosive New York music scene of the early 2000s. Set against the backdrop of 9/11 and a world unaware of the seismic political, technological and cultural shifts about to occur, this acclaimed documentary tells the story of the last great romantic age of rock 'n' roll through the prism of a handful of era defining bands, including The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, TV on the Radio, and The Moldy Peaches.

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Meet Me in the Bathroom never digs too deep beneath the surface of the musical scene it commemorates, but it's a reasonably effective time capsule regardless.

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Roberto

The Roxie theater oversold tickets and so it was sold out. my fandango tickets weren’t honored. i didnt get to watch the movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/16/22

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Jannette

A must-see if you are or were a fan of any of these bands, especially if you were listening to them in the early 2000. It's a really interesting glimpse into that time and place. Also, never knew James Murphy was so funny. So much meme material from him lol.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/15/22

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Michael G

It sucked don’t bother.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/09/22

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Wayne M

Meet Me in the Bathroom is a sometimes exciting look at the burgeoning Indie music scene in New York in the early 2000s. Based on the book of the same name it documents a scene that rose pretty quickly on the back of some pretty exciting bands. New York has always been a centre for music. Many legendary acts have started or been through this enormous city. But the 90s were a fairly dry period with Seattle taking much of the music scene attention. But around 1999 and 2000 things started up again with The Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the forefront. But in 2001 the scene really burst out with The Strokes debut album a huge success. Soon followed Interpol, TV on the Radio and others. This film does a good job capturing some early footage as these bands were just starting out. I think it captures the vibrancy and excitement of the times quite well. It probably needed to spend more time on each band and The Walkmen should definitely have been included. But overall, it's a worthy music documentary.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/25/23

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John H

A thoroughly self-indulgent, poorly composed effort at documenting just a few bands of limited lasting relevance. There is a juvenile theme that The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs were the stuff of generational change. But the movie presents no evidence they were anything of the sort. Instead it is a flow of consciousness mish mash of amateur footage that fails to establish any coherency. Instead, we witness (again and again) some bloody awful incoherent amateur footage of these bands treading the familiar path of "nothings" climbing to a modicum of popular attention. Julian Casablancas is listed as a producer of whatever this is - Julian, find something else to do.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/04/23

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Billie

This was too busy for me. There was way too much going on and hard to follow. Karen Oh kept my interest and that was fading until James Murphy came along and saved it. All the bands were great but hard to keep up with who was talking, especially not being familiar with some of them. I would just prefer a straight up doc focusing on one band. I couldnt watch in one sitting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/10/23

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Dylan Southern

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

We get a heartfelt account of Karen O’s upbringing but little context on the other subjects or, indeed, the scene’s implosion as the effects grew of Rudy Giuliani’s cabaret laws, extreme gentrification, corporate demands and substance abuse.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 13, 2023

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Ed Potton

Times (UK)

Meet Me in the Bathroom is an appropriately raw and urgent documentary about the music scene that flourished in New York after the fall of the Twin Towers.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 10, 2023

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

Beyond the music, Meet Me in the Bathroom makes a compelling study of the whole idea of a scene.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 10, 2023

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Christopher Connor

Movie Marker Magazine

The film, as with the book, captures how the mood in the city shifted post 9/11 and how much of the euphoria of the millennium seeped away, and it does capture some of the key events that shaped the city throughout the 2000s.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 19, 2023

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Cris Kennedy

The Canberra Times (Australia)

Southern and Lovelace have built a time capsule: as they are only using of-its-day footage and interviews, we have no context for the acts' ongoing evolution and impact.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 22, 2023

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Sarah Ward

Concrete Playground

Affectionate, in the moment, revealing, reverent: Meet Me in the Bathroom hits all of those notes.

Mar 18, 2023

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Synopsis

Inspired by Lizzy Goodman’s bestselling book, MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM is an immersive archival journey through the explosive New York music scene of the early 2000s. Set against the backdrop of 9/11 and a world unaware of the seismic political, technological and cultural shifts about to occur, this acclaimed documentary tells the story of the last great romantic age of rock 'n' roll through the prism of a handful of era defining bands, including The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, TV on the Radio, and The Moldy Peaches.

Director: Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern
Executive Producer: Matt Ippolito, Brian Levy, Bryn Mooser, Hayley Pappas, Tim O'Shea, Isabel Davis, Lizzy Goodman
Distributor: Utopia
Production Co: Pulse Films, XTR
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 4, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2022

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