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Band Aid

Band Aid

Comedy · Drama · Music · 2017

A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.

Movie details

Band Aid

“Misery loves accompaniment”

2017 Comedy · Drama · Music 1h 31m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Band Aid?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Zoe Lister-Jones

Written by

Zoe Lister-Jones

Zoe Lister-Jones

Zoe Lister-Jones

Anna

Adam Pally

Adam Pally

Ben

Fred Armisen

Fred Armisen

Dave

Susie Essman

Susie Essman

Shirley

Retta

Retta

Carol

Hannah Simone

Hannah Simone

Grace

Ravi Patel

Ravi Patel

Bobby

Court is in session

Put Band Aid on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.