Let us stipulate up front that if you've seen one rock band on the road documentary (there have been literally hundreds of them in the last two decades) you've seen them all. And let us further stipulate that even the best of them at some point turn into
THIS IS SPINAL TAP, a farago of cluelessness, oversized egos and cliches. That said, this backstage look at Canadian alternative pop rockers Barenaked Ladies on their first American tour as headliners is a reasonably entertaining way to kill an hour and a half. It helps that the band members are
basically a likeable bunch of goofballs (they look, as one fan correctly notes, like the kind of guys who work at the Gap...
Released:
2000
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins