This film is partly based on a true story. Which part ? Well that at one point of time a female contestant entered the Afghan Star, a show equivalent to American Idol in US or any other parts of the world.
Saw this movie hoping that it would be a classic rock comedy movie like "Alamost famous" or even "Rock of the Ages" and a few more. It was almost there but not there as you will be entertained with many evergreen rock music (some are new of course) in the background.
The film is headed by known veteran Bill Murray as the music agent, Bruce Willis as the mecenary, Kate Hudson as the prostitute and Zoey Deschaneel as the AWOL rock star. Furthermore directed by Barry Levinson who had directed many movies with some good notable movies before like Disclosure, Donnie Drasco and a few more.
The Verdict...
You like this one if you are a fan of Bill Murray as he played the main character with Willis and Hudson simply as passe. Its quite slow and the camera work is simple and nothing of the new kind of movie making. It has its moments just by BM talking and making jokes.
The singing is definitely adlib and nothing to shout about but it is if it came from a reality show. But I dont think the outcome could be what is filmed in this movie.
Anyway watching this, you'll be taken to see how the rural people in Afghan lives and how suppress they are.
Almost Famous in Afghanistan.
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