Pavements

2024

Biography / Documentary / Drama / Music

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 95% · 59 reviews
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 790 790

museum indie rock music documentary jukebox musical experimental documentary

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Plot summary

'90s indie-rock band Pavement reunites for their sold-out 2022 tour. But as preparations get underway, surreal tributes emerge: an off-Broadway musical adaptation of their songs, a museum devoted entirely to the band’s legacy, and a shamelessly awards-baiting Hollywood biopic.

Director

Alex Ross Perry Photo
Alex Ross Perry

Top cast

Michael Esper Photo
Michael Esper as Essem
Tim Heidecker Photo
Tim Heidecker as Gerard Cosloy
Zoe Lister-Jones Photo
Zoe Lister-Jones as Anne
Jason Schwartzman Photo
Jason Schwartzman as Chris Lombardi
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1.15 GB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  de  es  fr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 8 min
Seeds 16
2.36 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  de  es  fr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 8 min
Seeds 46
5.71 GB
3840*2160
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  de  es  fr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 8 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by juuuuustin

the best band biopic to date.

I truly don't know how to put into words how good this movie is. I feel sort of like the target audience for this; pavement is my favorite band, stephen malkmus is one of my all-time idols, plus, i'm a sucker for any kind of meta-on-meta ironic satirical absurd stuff. I've watched this a couple times a month since it came to prime. My family absolutely hates this film because i bring it up constantly.The cast was downright swell. I'll be honest, i was pretty much dreading keery's role in pavements since i heard he'd be playing malkmus, but i have to give it to him - he was really funny playing a satirical rising actor. Griffin newman is also in this film for like, three scenes, as steve west. That alone is worth ten stars. I had anticipated more of jason schwartzman, which was mildly disappointing. Of course, it was so fun to see the members of pavement in this as well!The scenes with the pavement museum exhibit made me quite emotional. In addition, i found that the delicate threading together of the fake movie, the actual pavement MTV footage, the jukebox musical, and the exhibit to be brilliant. Overall, this was a fantastic film. I believe it would definitely be a bit hard to follow for a non-die-hard pavement fan, but i think things are explained well enough in the movie. And besides, is anyone really going to watch this if they don't know the least bit about pavement?
Reviewed by MLVC4E 10 / 10

A Museum, a Musical, a Beautiful Delirium: Pavement Like You've Never Imagined

There are movies you enjoy and then there are movies that completely overwhelm you. Pavements did just that to me. I've been crying from the first second to the last, carried away by emotion, memory, and music. This is not just a documentary; it's a strange and beautiful hallucination about my all-time favorite band, Pavement, and about Stephen Joseph Malkmus, who's long been something between a musical idol and an emotional reference point for me.The film is not made to convince new fans. It doesn't explain much, nor does it follow a clear linear narrative. It's messy, meta, ironic, sometimes even absurd-but deeply heartfelt. Some will adore it, others will detest it or simply not understand a thing. But for those of us who have carried Pavement in our veins since the '90s, it feels like a gift. A rare, chaotic, and unpredictable gift, just like the band itself.I found it bold, innovative, and refreshingly different from typical rock docs. There's a museum (both real and surreal), there's a jukebox musical, and there's even a fake biopic that hilariously hits every cliché of the genre while still conveying the real drama behind the band's history. And in between, the music-always the music-guiding every emotional beat, every twist of nostalgia. When Circa 1762 started playing, I broke down. It's one of my favorite, most overlooked songs from their catalog, and hearing it in this context felt like a private message.If I miss something, it's that Carrot Rope doesn't close the film. That song, that farewell disguised as a joke, would have been the perfect ending. But maybe that's also part of the spirit of Pavement: never giving the expected, always choosing the offbeat road.Would I love for them to reunite for real, to tour again, to make a movie, to turn the museum into something permanent? Of course. But for now, this film is enough to make me cry like the first time I heard Gold Soundz. A kaleidoscopic, loving tribute to a band that changed my life-and continues to do so.
Reviewed by rjt-86251 9 / 10

Imaginative, excellent film!

Saw at the Chicago Film Fest October 2024. Had heard the film was "meta" and did not know what to expect...absolutely loved it. Imaginative, fun, insightful for big fans like myself and super well made! Not your standard procedural rock doc, in a good way. The film took a chance by layering a musical, a "fake" melodramatic biopic (starring Joe Keery in a hilarious and well played role), concert footage and real interview footage. Steve Malkmus and one of the producers gave a great Q and A after and it was fun to see Steve (seemingly) satisfied with the film! I hope this gets a broader theatrical release or at least a proper online release because it is an inventive, delightfully fresh music film and deserves to be seen!
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