27 ans, partis trop tôt

Instead of delving deep into the mythology of this "27 Club," the documentary just reviews the careers of a handful of prominent members offering no real insight and connecting very little of each segment to the main idea. And what little is connected is obvious and didn't require a documentary. Gee, yeah, Jim Morrison was moody and depressed and drinking himself to death. And...? Given that and a few glaring factual issues (most annoyingly, the guy who keeps asserting incorrectly that Nirvana had "one hit song" and "one hit album") this is a disappointing documentary that rambles on and on about the celebrities but sheds very little light on the actual title topic.

27: Gone Too Soon (2018)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

I watch a lot of documentaries and and sometimes I run across a few where I really wonder if the filmmakers knew anything about the subject they are covering. This documentary takes a look at the "27 Club" of musicians who died at the young age of 27.

You know, you really have to question any documentary that covers this topic and not once mentions Robert Johnson and the notorious "Crossroads" where a lot of this legend began. What we get here are brief bios on Brian JOnes, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse.

Even if you just look at 27: GONE TOO SOON as a documentary on those people it's still quite awful because everyone interviewed are rather annoying and their thoughts on the subject seem a bit... I guess stupid the word. I say that because it seems they want to narrow everyone down to some sort of stereotype and you've even got one guy questioning Cobain being included as a great musician.

The bio's of these people are quite poor and more times than not it seems those being interviewed are just guessing at things. These people have much better stories about them out there so there's no point in watching this documentary for that. The documentary also doesn't take a look at the myths or legends around the 27 Club and all in all this here is just rather poorly made and laughable.

In rock music circles the '27 Club' is an infamous community, and not one you want to be a member of. Several famous musicians have died at the age of 27, giving rise to be it being considered a cursed number for musicians. This documentary examines the lives and deaths of the six most famous members of the club: Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse.

One of the worst documentaries I've ever seen. Incredibly superficial in its coverage and filled with unimportant non-experts making ridiculous, uninformed statements about the causes of the six stars' deaths.

The main aim seems to be to find someone to blame, as long as it isn't the stars themselves. Initially there's a segment on drugs, filled with patronising, hyperbole-filled comments from nobody who has anything factual to say. The interviewees are a mish-mash of unknowns, only one of which is actually a medical professional (and even he seems more about making outlandish statements than giving a professional opinion). The only person of any fame, and the only rock star, interviewed is Gary Numan, and his "insights" often seem tangential to the discussion. All the rest are C-grade media personalities and music critics, giving their two cents.

Once we move into cataloguing each of the six stars' stories, there is very little about their histories. Even when the stars' careers are discussed, the interviewees show how clueless they are (the Kurt Cobain segment was rather laughable in how they tried to belittle his accomplishments). The main aim seems to be to demonise the parents, making them somehow responsible for their child's death. There are a few stabs at other stars (eg Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in the Brian Jones segment) and at record companies and the music industry in general but, once again, it is all done in non-factual, hyperbole-filled fashion.

I guess it wouldn't be the 21st century if there wasn't someone else to blame for anything bad that befell us...

I'm a huge fan of music and the history of music, so the idea of this documentary appealed to me so greatly. I was looking for something to watch on Netflix and I saw this and decided I wanted to watch it.

Gone Too Soon talks about the infamous curse of musicians dying at the age of 27. Though they're were many over the years the documentary focus on six specifically. Not just any Six, these are possibly the most famous six (Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Jimmi Hendrix, Janis Joplin ,Jim Morrison (the "big three" of the myth cause they all died the same year) Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse (last but not least).

Note that the documentary is also focusing on the ones who's death can be explain heavenly by drug abuse. Even though, everything being said is vaguely true about all these stars, each one of them having childhood issues that lead to their outburst in music and wanting attention that becomes too overwhelming and they try to drown it with substance abuse, that goes too far.

In a lot of ways I just feel that the documentary is a little unfair to the musicians that died simply because the stories being told are being told second hand from people who feel like they did not actually know any of these people personally.

It really feels like just a group of people like you and me just gossiping about musicians they like. Despite the fact that these people are shrinks, music authors and professionals as well as substance abuse experts, they don't seem more informed than anyone on the street who just happen to be a fan of the artist.

I especially felt this way about the first musician, Brian Jones. This could just be because, I was not as familiar with the terms of his death as I am with everyone else on the list, but they just made Jones look so depressing and how he seemed to matter so little. It set a tone for the whole thing that never goes away.

Not fully the docs fault, cause I'm sure in perspective what they said is genuine. Yet still, it felt so geriatric that it's a little insulting to the memory of these people.

I'm being harsh but with the exception of Jones, I know they have better docs that explain the death of these six with a little more heart and interest. I think VH1 did a doc called the 27 club that really goes into depth of the whole curse more interestingly (but Amy Winehouse was not part of this club at the time)

Ya it was a nice and light watch. Could have been better, and crispier protagonists needs to do better job. Who are you, who am I his idea is not there neither here. but does it matter?