I'm not the biggest fan of this kind of documentary.
It's a music doc that interviews a lot of the artists between recordings of
their performances. For me, it still comes down to how much I like the music or
the music performances. Few movies overcome this. So, Buena Vista Social
Club mostly comes down to how much I like the Cuban music... The music is
fine, but I'm not ever going to choose to listen to it with my free time. That
makes Buena Vista Social Club good background programming (except for
the fact that it has subtitles). I appreciate the efforts of the movie. It's
great that they tracked down all these Cuban music legends and exposed them to
new audiences. Some of their stories were interesting. But, when it cut to the
performances, it was a bunch of retirees playing music I was indifferent about.
I suppose other people like the music more, which is why the documentary did so
well when it came out,
Verdict: Weakly Don't Recommend
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