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Kurt & Courtney
Documentary, Music - 1998
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After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people. Portraits emerge: a shy, slight Kurt, weary of touring, embarrassed by fame, hooked on heroin; an out-going Courtney, dramatic, controlling, moving from groupie to star.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
27 Feb 1998
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$890,324
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
It would be one mondo bizarro freak show but for the participation of some who clearly cared for the troubled young Cobain.
– Michele Greppi,
New York Post,
11 Apr 2014
rotten:
We do get a strong sense that Love is a loose cannon with a short fuse. But in a freewheeling documentary about a drug-addled rock-star couple that hardly qualifies as a news flash.
– David Bianculli,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr 2014
fresh:
Kurt and Courtney is an entertaining swim through the muck of the rock underworld. But as journalism, it's an utterly sloppy piece of work.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
11 Apr 2014
fresh:
The true circumstances of Cobain's death remain cloudy, but one comes away from the film unnerved by the distance travelled.
– Daphne Merkin,
New Yorker,
11 Apr 2014
fresh:
Our culture has notoriously short attention spans and memories, but Kurt and Courtney goes a long way toward undoing the meticulous public relations campaign that Love has orchestrated in an effort to whitewash her tarnished image.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
11 Apr 2014
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