The humor and eccentricity of the band members should prevent a "Who cares?" response, and the twist that occurs in the final section of the piece will keep every viewer mesmerized.
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12/11/07
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2006)
100 %
Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 7 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Reviews
1 - 7 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Another "what ever happened to" type documentary. Always fascinating to see how personal flaws and the corrupt star-making machinery of the capitalist entertainment industry present obstacles to fame and fortune.
12/08/07
As much the chronicle of an era as of a band, The Holy Modal Rounders ... Bound to Lose casts an affectionate eye on the kind of hedonism no one is meant to survive.
12/07/07
Top Critic
They [Rounders] stand as perhaps the truest heirs to the Harry Smith Anthology's wild and woolly Americana—a point Sam Wainwright Douglas and Paul C. Lovelace's affectionate doc makes with a minimum of fuss and lots of bawdy hilarity.
12/04/07
A truly mad tale of a band that began as a loose amalgamation out of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early '60s and managed to keep getting back together for reunions and revivals until 2005.
11/16/07
It might be the first movie about the psychedelic generation told from the point of view of the doddering seniors they have become.
11/15/07
Charged with alternating currents of affection, exuberance and ineffable melancholy, The Holy Modal Rounders ... Bound to Lose offers an intriguing overview of the cult-fave combo.
01/31/06
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