The Vigil

Great female characters. Funny with subtle humour. Very well acted. I was nervous when I rented this film but the subject was handled with real care. Clearly made by a fan

The Vigil is a very low budget Candian film about a group of Nirvana fans who travel from Alberta to Seattle for the tribute to Kurt Cobain following his suicide. In it's way, the film has a charm to it, but it is also constantly undermined by the low budget and poor acting. The film does not even contain one Nirvana song, ironic since the film is meant to be a tribute to Cobain. The film does not have the knowledge of movies and is not as entertaining as say, High Fidelity, but it shares that films same love of music. The Vigil is a good, not great film. By Grade: 7/10.

The Vigil seems to have a lot of trouble deciding whether it's a tribute to Kurt Cobain or the story of the emotional decay between two brothers. The way I see it, the trip to Seattle is the backplot and if it's a tribute to Cobain you're looking for here, you won't get much of one.

The acting really isn't that bad, and even though it's not hard to lose interest in the story it is well told through eerie dream-sequence scenes. Overall, a good amateur effort.

I really love this film. The music rocks, the women kick butt and some of it is hysterical. My favorite part was that the film didn't try to be a tribute to Kurt, at least not directly. Instead it focuses on this group of people who love Nirvana (and music period) and who drive to his vigil out of respect. I was originally worried what this film would be like but now it's totally one of my favorites ever. I don't know if everyone will love it as much as me, but I know a lot of you will!