Review of Kurt Cobain: About a Son (2007) by J K — 01 May 2010

A still-photography documentary but still a must-see for anyone who loved Nirvana and/or early 1990s grunge, especially those who actually lived in Seattle at the time. So many movies and novels have delved into the why's for Cobain but none have really shown a clear-cut reason for his mindset.

Some believe he was just so sick with "The Establishment" and it's meddling with his music. Others believe his drug use simply overwhelmed him. It's apparent from watching this documentary and listening to the audio interviews that Cobain had been unhappy his entire life, but it took just one thing to set him off the edge.

This doc comes close to answering the why, though does leave a lot to the imagination, which is probably a good thing. Nobody likes to think of the pain the man was in and nobody likes to reminisce about the loss of one of the last truly great talents rock music has ever seen.