BETTER THAN SOMETHING is an exciting and intimate portrait of Memphis-based punk musician Jay Reatard, who toured the world and released dozens of records over the course of a 15 year career that began in his mid-teens. Original and never-before-seen footage documents his self-made journey to iconic garage rock star, with colleagues, friends, and family speaking candidly about Jay's vibrant and complicated life. Jay Reatard himself - filmed just nine months before his untimely death at the age of twenty-nine - shares his experiences both on and off stage, with all the humor, savvy, and pathos one can expect from such a prolific and vital artist.
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard has generally received positive reviews.
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Better Than Something: Jay Reatard was released in 2012 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 9 reviews, giving Better Than Something: Jay Reatard (2012) an average rating of 71%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 70%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Better Than Something: Jay Reatard than critics were.
With a score of 71%, Better Than Something: Jay Reatard is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2012, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2012 with similar scores include films like Brave, Rise of the Guardians and Dredd.
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