On the Road

2016

1 hr. 52 min.

Documentary

Drama

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50%

22 Reviews

Tomatometer

29%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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Follow the band Wolf Alice as it tours Great Britain.

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I enjoyed the voyeuristic shots of the band backstage and making media appearances they obviously couldn't care less about. They also contrast nicely with the laddish naivety of the Swim Deep dressing room. The fictional characters and their back stories seemed unnecessary and awkward, but did make me curious as to how Winterbottom sold the concept, did he say to the bands we're going to have actors in here occasionally throwing scripted lines at you and I want you to respond naturally? In any case, the real people do well at nonchalantly interacting with them when the two worlds do collide

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Michael Winterbottom

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Lee Chang-jae

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Shirley Henderson

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Paul Popplewell

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James McArdle

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

Occasionally a delightfully intimate filmic device, it soon wears thin and will frustrate Wolf Alice fans since the band mainly waft about in the background.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 11, 2017

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

The love story pads out the running time to a baggy two hours; fans of the band might prefer to see them On the Stage instead.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 8, 2017

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Gail Tolley

Time Out

This isn't a story of rock 'n' roll bad behaviour or larger than life characters, and in some ways that's refreshing.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 6, 2017

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Olly Richards

NME (New Musical Express)

The film stops being about the band and becomes about what their work means. Not all Winterbottom's experiments pay off, but this one absolutely does.

Apr 23, 2021

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

The film is unlikely to appeal to the band's fans... and there isn't enough of a story to keep non-fans involved.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 22, 2019

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Terry Staunton

Radio Times

The dramatic elements seem awkwardly soldered on to the narrative, as if the director couldn't make up his mind what sort of film to make, and opted to have his cake and eat it, without ever really savouring either experience.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 26, 2017

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Synopsis

Follow the band Wolf Alice as it tours Great Britain.

Director: Michael Winterbottom, Lee Chang-jae
Executive Producer: Abi Gadsby, Julian Bird, Declan Reddington
Screenwriter: Michael Winterbottom
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)