it really hard for me to rate this film . i do not like it at all . yet i still keep wanted to watch it . even though it a true story and all of the character be like stereotype . the british guy and the french guy and etc . so the acting be terrible and especially by the girl who play amber . shane west be really annoy . if that how darby really be and then i be not miss out on not listen to their music . he seem like a pretentious attention whore who try stand out just to get attention . and it show a few of his phase where he change his way of dressing and be . he never seem like an original guy so i have no idea why he be so loved . if it be the stage show and iggy pop do much more than darby . but shane west always have this cocky smirk on his face even when he be try to look sad . he be great at cry though . the bronx a black flag be cool . the direction be pretty great . except a few of the scene you could tell be stag and do not feel organic or real . like when they be shoot up and they be in a conveniently lit spot just for them . i grow up listen to punk band but never the germ . i do not even know who they be until a friend mention them . so i be not bias when it come to them and be not a fan . the movie be a ameh for me . i definitely do not like the music . this movie be more for fan than people interested in movie . if you want to see a good indie biopic and see control about ian curtis of joy division .