a review of

this doc has decided to not have any talking heads and to only include the audio of these people talking about Poly Styrene, but there is just so much B roll that either isn't related to the subject or is related but is used over and over and over. i wanted to know more about the making of the solo album but it was just described in passing as a flop. i wish they had talked to more people involved at the time because over half the film becomes about the mental health struggle of the subject from the perspective of the daughter who codirects the film. now i don't want to go hard on this one specifically for this but lately i feel like i have seen quite a few documentaries about notable women that veered into a little too much information about their mental health struggles in a way where they aren't there to speak for themselves. it's important not to go fully rosy but i am really noticing a pattern