I just finished watching this two-part Australian mini-series about that '80s pop sensation known as "INXS", and while I liked a lot about it, I thought a lot about it fell a bit flat. I'm on the fence on this one overall. I mean I liked the actors who played the band members, and I liked the fact they used real INXS music. I HATE it when they make a rock biopic and the musician in question did not give consent to use the original music, so they end up using knockoff versions- that really bugs me. I was never a big fan of the group I must admit. I "think" i had their '85 LP (on audio-cassette!), "Listen Like Thieves", but other than that I recall their huge album "Kick", which came out around '87 I think-??- which spawned several hit singles.
I do think though the film really down-played Hutchence's disorder- the idea of not being able to smell or taste food anymore (and I think his sex drive was affected as well-??)-?? I remember in my last year of college hearing about his late wife talking about how bad he had taken it all right after his suicide was aired all over the world media. But yeah, if you were a big fan of this group, I'd say check it out sometime, other than that, I would probably go catch any one of the other 1000 rock biopics out there. In fact, one I would recommend over this one, if you haven't seen it already, was the 2001 made-for-VH1 biopic about Def Leppard called "Hysteria", a much more absorbing piece IMHO...
I do think though the film really down-played Hutchence's disorder- the idea of not being able to smell or taste food anymore (and I think his sex drive was affected as well-??)-?? I remember in my last year of college hearing about his late wife talking about how bad he had taken it all right after his suicide was aired all over the world media. But yeah, if you were a big fan of this group, I'd say check it out sometime, other than that, I would probably go catch any one of the other 1000 rock biopics out there. In fact, one I would recommend over this one, if you haven't seen it already, was the 2001 made-for-VH1 biopic about Def Leppard called "Hysteria", a much more absorbing piece IMHO...