"Benny & Jolene is what happens when low-budget indie mumblecore goes This is Spinal Tap. While not quite a mockumentary, this film covers the same fruitful territory of disastrous gigs, incompetent managers, brainless hangers-on and inter-band conflict. Yet while Spinal Tap were a heavy metal band powered by twin engines of egotism and stupidity, the duo at the centre of Benny & Jolene are hamstrung by shyness, naivety and an inability to speak up for themselves."
Read the rest of my review at We Got This Covered
★★★
Benny & Jolene is released June 6th
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