In the 1970s a troubled musician in Ian Curtis was taking England by storm. Serving as the lead singer of the band Joy Division, Curtis had it all, a wife, a child and a successful career; however, things aren't always as good as they seem. Beginning to feel the burden and strain from his thriving band, along with his quickly diminishing marriage, Curtis hits rock bottom as he finds a new woman for the road and starts to experience worsening epilepsy. In the end Curtis has nothing to prove but that in his life, only he has control.
Suffering from a dragging plot and unremarkable poor acting, Control did anything but impress as I couldn't even will myself to sleep as I tried to escape the never-ending nightmare that was put in me.
The films dying force is present throughout its entirety "¦ the plot. In short it is extremely boring. It seems like every week we are greeted with some sort of music biopic and this one offers nothing different. We have the cheating musician, the disintegrating marriage and ultimately the self destruction, all present and accounted for "“ but that is about it. There is simply nothing new, nothing exciting, and nothing worth the two hours it takes to watch the film and that in and of itself is a major disappointment.
In addition I have to say that I was very unimpressed with the acting. Maybe the script is to blame for this one as well but I felt like every character was underdeveloped, never connecting with the audience. In addition I felt that the two leads in Riley and Morton lacked any chemistry, failing to pull off any realistic perception of a married couple.
It is quite obvious that I did not enjoy Control at all. It lacked every quality needed to create an entertaining film as it attempted to penetrate an already overcrowded genre.
