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Far away from the self imposed aloofness and mystique of Morrissey the poet comes Joyce and Rourke. Here they tell their side of the story and it's a story well worth telling. From the very first meeting to the sad, awkward break up that left our eponomous heroes shell-shocked and lost. Through maturity that the passing years have given them comes an often light hearted look at the inner workings of the band as a unit. Here the relationships and tensions are unveiled and exorcised for the first time publicly. It's hard not to like them for their openness and lack of any airs and graces but once we get an insight into what made them tick, it's relatively easy to understand why they were more comfortable out of the limelight as opposed to basking in it like the other half of the band. These two were the Ringo and George of the line up, but given genius like that possessed by their other illustrious bandmates, that is nothing to be ashamed of at all. Surprisingly the best and most candid interview is featured in the "Extras" menu, where the two reminisce over a couple of beers on a summer's afternoon. My ony criticism is that they didn't discuss the court case. No doubt this was for legal reasons but it should have been discussed. I'm sure they didn't want to offend the other two but some reference as to how the money changed their lives would have been interesting. TCRead full review
I am definately more that I am a Morrissey fan than a Rourke/Joyce fan, but i thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought they would focus more on the law suit and use it as an excuse to bad mouth Morrissey and Johnny Marr but now understand why they didn't and enjoyed it because of that. The filiming wasn't great but it was easy to watch. Loved the outtakes in the extras!! I think any Smiths fan should give it a go.
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