Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements

When I went into the theater for the screening of Color Me Obsessed I knew very little about the band, & had heard no more than two or three of their songs. Not only that but although I'm hugely into music, this general style of music is not my preference at all. But, I do enjoy a great film, or even an extremely well articulated artistic expression of any sort... & I really enjoyed this title as little more than a great film-watching experience. Quite brilliant the way CMO manages to provide all the context one needs to enjoy a band without even actually hearing any of their work. On one level or another, there's a very large amount of information packed into this film's two hours & it's obviously good for repeated viewings, so... can't wait to see it again! Thank you very much, Gorman Bechard-- for doing something different! Exactly the kind of art we need most.

I never saw them live. I was introduced to them when I heard "I'll Be You" on the car radio. Still love that song, and I'm grateful that it had enough production polish to get played on the radio. Otherwise, I would have missed out on The Replacements entirely.

"Color Me Obsessed" looks at the quintessential American punk rock band through conversations with the people who got to see and hear them firsthand. These people are unaffected and articulate in their expressions of love, respect and admiration--ironic for a band not known for being sober. Their enthusiasm is genuine and undiminished by the passing of time.

That's what makes this movie so refreshing and uplifting, even as it chronicles four Minnesota youths living on the edge physically and artistically for ten years straight. Alcohol abuse and self destruction are cliché in rock and roll. The Replacements and their legacy are not. So, yes, there is sadness, but there is also music that energizes and inspires the hearts of many (or the few, depending on how you look at it!).

Weird analogy: What "Vernon, Florida" is to turkey hunting, "Color Me Obsessed" is to rock and roll. Never mind.

Highly recommended!

This is the best rock doc I have ever seen. I watched this film knowing little to nothing about the Replacements. I left with a real desire to experiences their music. The film puts the stories together in a way that made me feel that I personally follow the replacements into the bars and not only heard their gigs but set down and drank with the Replacements before their sets, though you hear none of their music. Color me Obsessed took me on a carnival ride I want to get on and ride again and again. Though this film is essentially talking heads the director captivated me visually with the composition of each shot as he wove tales that I not only wished I was part of, but I willed myself to first imagine then believe that I was a part of.

An amazing Documentary, shot in a very unique way, about an amazing band!! Highly Recommended!!!An amazing Documentary, shot in a very unique way, about an amazing band!! Highly Recommended!!!An amazing Documentary, shot in a very unique way, about an amazing band!! Highly Recommended!!!An amazing Documentary, shot in a very unique way, about an amazing band!! Highly Recommended!!!An amazing Documentary, shot in a very unique way, about an amazing band!! Highly Recommended!!!An amazing Documentary, shot in a very unique way, about an amazing band!! Highly Recommended!!!An amazing Documentary, shot in a very unique way, about an amazing band!! Highly Recommended!!!An amazing Documentary, shot in a very unique way, about an amazing band!! Highly Recommended!!!An amazing Documentary, shot in a very unique way, about an amazing band!! Highly Recommended!!!An amazing Documentary, shot in a very unique way, about an amazing band!! Highly Recommended!!!

Great fanboy adulation of a monumental American rock band, not sure if this would mean much to the uninitiated...but it's cool nonetheless. It's a loving tribute, done in back asswards style, that would suit the 'Mats shoot-themselves-in-the-foot sort of perverse way of doing things, which is to say, the band is not in this movie, nor is any of their music. But it definitely holds up if you loved and lived this band at any point in your life.

If you're not familiar with the Replacements, then perhaps by viewing this you might be able to get the idea that this band was amazing, special, beautiful, shambolic, brilliant, charming and rock n' roll. Otherwise, I'd suggest getting yourself a copy of Let It Be and let the transformation begin...

The movie also seems to be more about being a 'Mats fan than being about the band itself, it shows a good segment of their fandom which is mostly (now middle-aged) male record-store clerk, rock-critic types, a few musicians and producers and one or two former rock chicks.

There time was short, they burned bright...it was fun to watch...and the music was great, what more can be said?