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I'm a huge fan of Eric Clapton's music, but this documentary was worse than a trip to the dentist. Most of the interviews were boring, as was much of the focus on the film. It just seemed to unfold in slow motion. It's 2 1/2 hours long, which immediately is a red flag for any documentary. What we need is a 90 minute compelling documentary on the entire arc of Clapton's music. This wasn't it, especially since much of the 1970's was a slow period for his body of work. Anyway, there might be 20 minutes total of concert footage worth watching, but spare yourself the rest.

Where to start on this start-to-finish drivel? The plot line is banal. The script writer should be embarrassed to have anyone else hear the lines he or she wrote -- clunker after clunker. The acting performances are wooden, probably because they realized they were being put in front of a camera with such pablum to recite. The music is insulting. I grabbed this as i was on my spinning bike, and it's a bit inconvenient to change selections, so i stayed with it. I did retain some hope it would improve, but it stayed dismal start to finish. Perhaps consistency is the only positive thing I can say about this consistently miserable excuse of a movie. Anyone who rates it higher than three out of ten stars was either in it, helped produce it, and is a supportive friend or family member of those who dumped this lame effort on the world.

You have to wonder how this film happened. I'm sure I've seen a few that were worse, but none come to mind. Save yourself the time and watch paint dry. It will be a lot funnier, and you won't find yourself at the end saying, "What in the world was the person who made this paint thinking?" Really, really lame film.

So in posting this review, it looks like I need to go on for ten lines to get it posted. If I were to list things I hated about this film, I could go on for volumes. But if I focused on what I liked, I'd be limited to a big round of applause for whoever did the trailer, which put the best possible face on a really dismal film.