Review of Killing Bono (2011) by Benjamin D — 14 Aug 2011

Un film sympatoche ... qui aurait été encore mieux avec une bonne demi-heure en moins ...

This review of Killing Bono (2011) was written by Benjamin D on 14 Aug 2011.

Killing Bono has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Les E (496) on 31 Dec 2012

It all looked a bit cheap and made for TV…

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By Kristal C (562) on 17 Feb 2012

Enjoyable feel-good movie, reminiscent of The Commitments…

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By Aaron B (1,506) on 21 Jan 2012

Entertaining, probably more so because I know nothing about the real life characters the story is based on…

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By Luke W (568) on 09 May 2012

Another based on true events just becomes repetitive and looses pace quickly. One of Pete Postlethwaite's last performances…

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By Emily M (387) on 09 Dec 2011

Great music and cool performances. Barnes and Sheehan have this amazind chemestry and both growing when it comes about acting…

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By David B (3,254) on 26 Feb 2012

Thought this would be rubbish, but I actually really enjoyed it. Underrated…

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By Cynthia S (730) on 16 Aug 2012

Not as good as I wanted it to be. The early U2 stuff was pretty funny and well done…

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By Rotku (91) on 24 Feb 2012

Entertaining movie about the varying fortunes of two bands competing with each other while the members are still in school, one being U2 obviously…

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By Simon D (1,648) on 12 Jul 2012

A delightful biopic-true story. seems like Cameron Crowe and Quentin Tarantino mixture film…

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By Julie G (404) on 26 Mar 2012

Not bad, good music and good performances. Seemed a little flat and forced…

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