Let’s clarify this right off the top: if you love Oasis, you’ll love this movie. ’Nuff said. Go see it. Okay? Okay.

Now, that being said… I like Oasis. In fact, I’d almost say I really like Oasis. They were around in my post-college alt-rock days. I was more into the grunge bands, but all the major Oasis songs were on the radio alongside those other bands, so I knew them inside and out.

Because of that, I was pretty pumped to watch Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger. I love documentaries. I love concerts. I like (really like?) Oasis. But man, I was disappointed.

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First off, the good things:

—Great to see in IMAX. A big, loud environment perfectly suits a concert doc like this. (And I don’t know if it was just my IMAX theatre, but it was LOUD. My Apple Watch kept popping up to say that it was a very loud environment.)

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—Very professionally made. There are lots of clips from their time in the ’90s, along with backstory of where they came from and all the drama that has occurred between the brothers over the years.

—Lots of access to Noel and even Liam. There were a lot of interviews being done with Noel, and Liam even pitched in with thoughts occasionally. Now granted, I didn’t actually understand everything that came out of Liam’s mouth (except the “c” word—understood that perfectly clearly), but he surprisingly actually cooperated with the film crew.

—Their band members were acknowledged and were a part (albeit a small part) of the film.

All that good stuff being acknowledged, let’s get to the two bad things which really stuck in my craw:

—The length of songs in the movie. Although there were several live songs from their concert in the movie, there was (I believe) only one song—yes, ONE—that was shown pretty much in full. We get a minute from this song, a minute from another song, a couple minutes from this song, etc. Most people will come to the movie to see Oasis in concert, and yet they’ll essentially only get one complete song. And part of the reason for that is my number two beef…

—We see WAY too much of the audience. I would venture to say that, in the film as a whole, we see the audience members MORE during the concert bits than the band themselves. I know that sounds absurd, and I may be wrong. However, the director loves to show the audience—crying, singing along, hugging each other, jumping up and down, high-fiving each other, etc. I realize that we sometimes need some visual breaks instead of just looking at the 50-year-old brothers the whole time, but it is excessive, and it is incredibly annoying. I want to see the band perform—not their fans, some of whom are undoubtedly performing for the camera.

This movie is more of a documenting of the tour, as opposed to a straight concert movie where the draw is the performer and the music itself (like the films from Billie Eilish and Twenty One Pilots that came out in the last few months). Sometimes it seems like the music of Oasis is more secondary to this movie than the tour itself. I guess it all depends on what you’re here for.

Again, if you worship Oasis like the audience members in this film, you’ll love the film regardless. But as an average fan, I wanted to hear and see more of their music, and I guess that expectation made a difference.

Grade: C+

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Plot
Experience the meteoric rise of Oasis through rare footage and untold stories as the band reunites for Oasis Live ’25, chronicling their journey from Manchester streets to global rock stardom.