Mistaken for Strangers review: Another jewel in The National's crown
Director: Tom Berninger; Starring: Tom Berninger, Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, Scott Devendorf; Running time: 75 mins; Certificate: 15
The National, if you're not already aware, are a commercially and critically successful indie rock band with Grammy nominations, headline arena tours and a President Obama endorsement to show for it. But according to Tom Berninger, the metalhead loafer younger brother of lead singer Matt, they're just not his thing - they don't party, they don't do drugs and their "pleasant" music is a little too Starbucks for Cbgb.
That Tom is behind a movie about the band instead of say, Arcade Fire's hangabout Spike Jonze or any other big-time Hollywood director, can't help but sound strange. But Mistaken for Strangers is something else. What starts as a small rock doc of The National inadvertently turns into an incredibly funny, sad, weird story about the Berninger brothers' sort-of-estranged relationship...
The National, if you're not already aware, are a commercially and critically successful indie rock band with Grammy nominations, headline arena tours and a President Obama endorsement to show for it. But according to Tom Berninger, the metalhead loafer younger brother of lead singer Matt, they're just not his thing - they don't party, they don't do drugs and their "pleasant" music is a little too Starbucks for Cbgb.
That Tom is behind a movie about the band instead of say, Arcade Fire's hangabout Spike Jonze or any other big-time Hollywood director, can't help but sound strange. But Mistaken for Strangers is something else. What starts as a small rock doc of The National inadvertently turns into an incredibly funny, sad, weird story about the Berninger brothers' sort-of-estranged relationship...
- 6/6/2014
- Digital Spy
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