Covid marshals in cinemas showing THE BEE GEES: HOW DO YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART are going to have a hard time keeping patrons in their seats.

After all, one of the band’s biggest hits commands You Should Be Dancing. An infectious ear worm of a song, it’s hard to resist the order.

THE BEE GEES: HOW DO YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART is the first feature-length documentary about the legendary band who wrote more than 1,000 songs, created twenty number one hits and sold more than 220 Million records to date.

The film, made by Hollywood big shot producer and obvious mega fan, Frank Marshall, chronicles the rise of the iconic group, consisting of brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, their music and its evolution over the years and includes contemporary interviews with Barry Gibb, Eric Clapton, Mark Ronson, Noel Gallagher, Lulu, Nick Jonas, Chris Martin and Justin Timberlake.
There have been TV docos about the British boys from Oz, but none as handsome and there is still a lot to learn about their rise, and rise, and dips and plateaus.

Their own admissions about early fame and the stress compounded by sibling psychology is enlightening. For a group that traded on harmony, their relationship sometimes stumbled on discord.
Depending how deep is your love for this brilliant boy band, the enjoyment level should nevertheless remain higher than Barry’s falsetto, so infectious the tunes and lyrics are, inducing a wave of nostalgia with a bittersweet finish.

HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART? traverses the triumphs and tragedies of a trio of brothers that shot from unknowns to superstars, the fickle finger of fame giving the thumbs up and just as quickly the thumbs down, from the top of the pops to being derided and disparaged, leaving one man standing, with a great legacy to stand on.

With the Spike Lee/David Byrne concert, American Utopia and The Pogues documentary, Crock of Gold, coming next week, music at the movies are the best tix in town