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The Replacements - Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements (2011)

Grant Hart , Robert Christgau , Gorman Bechard  |  NR |  DVD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Grant Hart, Robert Christgau, Jim DeRogatis, Tom Arnold, Brian Fallon
  • Directors: Gorman Bechard
  • Format: Color, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: What Were We Thinking
  • DVD Release Date: November 20, 2012
  • Run Time: 123 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0091JJ24Q
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,516 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

For some aging music fans and kids with a passion for musical history, The Replacements are rock and roll defined. This Minneapolis quartet took a teenage-punk attitude, threw it in a blender with classic and pop rock, and then poured it into a Middle American pint glass. Over the band's 12-year existence, its live sets were magical, a total mess, or both-depending on your mood and the members' respective blood alcohol levels. Gorman Bechard's remarkable history of the 'Mats takes us from their first show as the Impediments to their 1991 onstage breakup in Chicago, and everywhere in between. Bechard bravely eschews including the band's music, photos, and live footage, instead relying solely on the fans: their well-kept memories, hilarious anecdotes, and differing points of views about the foursome's wildly varied discography and infamous antics. Bechard has recruited an impressive roster of influential fans: musicians such as Husker Du, Babes in Toyland, The Decemberists, The Hold Steady, Archers of Loaf, Titus Andronicus, and Goo Goo Dolls; writers such as Jack Rabid, Legs McNeil, Robert Christgau, Jim DeRogatis, and Greg Kot; and actors such as George Wendt, Tom Arnold, and Dave Foley. Sprinkled in among that esteemed group are the more mainstream fans, who often give the most insightful and heartfelt perspectives of all. Follower or not, after taking in COLOR ME OBSESSED, you'll be ready to run home, gather some 'Mats albums, and design a perfect soundtrack of your own. The deluxe two-dvd set includes 19 deleted scenes, full interviews with Grant Hart, Robert Christgau, and Greg Kot & Jim DeRogatis, behind the scenes interviews, two commentaries, and four trailers.

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34 of 39 people found the following review helpful
By Michael
Format:DVD
I will tell you the one problem I had with the film at the end of this review. I will start by saying that this has become my favorite documentary ever!! Now, unlike everyone who appeared in this film and unlike most viewers or fans, I wasn't alive when The Replacements were in their prime. I'm only in my early 20s and I discovered the band back in 2008 from a friend of mine. They have become my favorite band, to the point of obsession.

I won't go on about how there is no music or interviews from the band in the film. I will just say that this was the best way to tell the band's story. The Replacements were sort of that band that you herd about, you knew the name but you didn't know who they were completely. They seemed to be this legend that people had told. It was something that a lot of people had talked about but somewhere in the place of rock history, they were left out when The Beatles, The Velvet Underground or R.E.M. are mentioned. You just knew from what you had heard that they were an important band and you were either curious to listen to their songs or just simply not interested. But my point is, you knew or heard something about them and that is their legacy. The band that no one knows of was simply the greatest band of the 80s or the pioneers of Alternatvie rock.

Was the band that great? I am here to say that yes, they were!! Maybe the only important band to come out of the 80s underground. This film is amazing!! So much insight, humor and heart are in these interviews and it shows what it means to have passion for anything. You don't have to be a fan, even if you're not a Mats fan, you know what it means to have something touch you, make an impact and shape you into the person that you are today. That you're not alone and there is something out there for anyone. Gorman Bechard did a great job with these interviews and got the best out of these fans, fellow musicians or collaborators with The Replacements. This is storytelling and it completely covers a legend that has been told before but never at this scale. This was a little band from Minneapolis that with no record sales, no commercial success has become an important part of rock music and what it is today.

I will end this review by saying the one thing that I didn't like about this film. It's that there is very little praise for the Tim record that The Mats did. Everyone talks about how great Let It Be or Pleased To Meet Me is but hardly any love for Tim. I know it's a difference of opinion but I consider this the best record the band ever did and also, the greatest rock album in history. Still, this is a great film. One that I hope will lead others to discover these songs. Believe me, once you've herd "Left Of The Dial", you will never be the same.
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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Boring December 11, 2012
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How could a film about one of Americas most raucous bands be boring? Let's start with the fact that there's no Replacements or their music in this thing. Some have called this an amazing choice. I call it idiotic. You REALLY have to want to watch hours of people just talking about them to enjoy this. I'd prefer THEM telling us about heir careers. I'd have thought they could have licensed a few of The Mats better songs. They thought there was no need for music in a film about music. Figure that one out.
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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars No Replacements Here December 9, 2012
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No Replacements music (not a note). No Replacements (not one single band member represented). No photos, no nothing, just a bunch of yappers talking about how much they were fans. Bar none the lamest "documentary" ever made. Crap.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, Incomplete
For Mats fanatics Only. It appears that the band did not sign off on this project since the film does not include a single Replacements song. Read more
Published 3 days ago by S. King
5.0 out of 5 stars The Replacements - Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements
The Replacements - Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements is really a film about the Replacements fans and friends. I love this angle. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Marc
4.0 out of 5 stars Let It Be vs Please To Meet Me
What makes this film worth seeing is the way it peels back the layers of the band's cult following (which it is, to be frank no matter the raves of the critics) and the way... Read more
Published 8 days ago by R. Castro
5.0 out of 5 stars Oh my the Replacements
Hilarious documentary of one of the craziest bands to ever play rock music. You never know what replacements band will show up, the show is awesome or a train wreck. Read more
Published 24 days ago by GMHNM
5.0 out of 5 stars I love The Replacements
Color Me Obsessed is a brilliant look at Replacement fandom. It rings so very true for me.... a Replacements fan, who considers them to be one of the all time most important bands... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Barbara A. O'Leary
1.0 out of 5 stars worst doc ever
Let me first say I love the replacements and was happy to see a doc on these guys . I found this doc to be painful to watch ,the fish tales told are so embarrassingly stretched... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S D rock
1.0 out of 5 stars Report this product to the consumer fraud department
Nothing new in this. In fact, there is not a single member of the band interviewed, no footage, and no music. Lame beyond lame. This is a total sham.
Published 2 months ago by Tim Beckman
3.0 out of 5 stars This was fun - but would be better if The Replacements were in it
It was great to learn so much about the early days, but it feels like half a documentary. Replacements performance and interview footage would have made this a home run. Read more
Published 2 months ago by D. Doescher
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie
Although it did not have the Replacements themselves in the moive, the interviews of fans and people around the replacements in their hay day was outstanding.
Published 3 months ago by T. Lawrence
1.0 out of 5 stars A Good Idea with Poor Execution
I watched this once and enjoyed parts of it. The filmmaker utilized a lazy and unbalanced approach and it shows. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jay
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