Watch: Nothing Compares 2022 123movies, Full Movie Online – The story of one singer’s phenomenal rise to worldwide fame, and how her iconoclastic personality resulted in her exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on prophetic words and deeds across a five-year period (1987-1992), the film reflects on the legacy of this fearless trailblazer, through a contemporary lens..
Plot: Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.
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Nothing Compares 2 U
Originally premiered back at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary Competition. As if writing now, I can’t believe I missed this one when I attended the virtual festival back in January 2022.Nothing Compares is directed by Kathryn Ferguson and it’s a story about the five year period of singer and songwriter Sinead O’Connor and all the things happening to her around that time period. I had recently enjoyed some of her songs and her musical style. I really like her song Nothing Compares 2 U, Mandinka, and so on and so on. This documentary is really well informed and has really interesting editing choices. Ferguson includes voice overs from various people who knew O’Connor and O’Connor herself while presenting old footage and creative made up scenes to capture the tone of O’Connor’s career, past life, and the controversial times she was in. It doesn’t just focus on her music but it also explores about her past trauma with the Catholic church, her parents, politics, religion and many others aspects. Because of these topics, it really helped to sell this documentary to heart and becomes really touching.
Very informative and emotional at times. I knew about Sinead O’Connor before seeing this documentary and reading and listening about her experiences and troubles she was facing, I really do feel bad for her at times especially some of the more recent events that had happened to her. I was able to connect with this documentary very well and learned a lot more then I expected it. Surprisingly, there were some fault with the sound design as some moments felt they had a weird echoing effect in the back ground. Strangely, the main song “Nothing Compares 2 U” didn’t appear in this documentary due to copyright issues I have to assume. Weird, but it felt missing.
Overall, a really well informed and at times depressing documentary about Sinead O’Connor.
Rating: A-
Not very objective or analytically minded
This film is an object lesson in the compromises inherent in authorized biopics.It’s Sinead O’Connor’s story told exactly as SOC would have it told: a version in which SOC is a shining beacon of truth-telling who singlehandedly emptied the Magdalene Laundries, legalized gay marriage and abortion in Ireland, and paved the way for Lady Gaga.
In this version, SOC’s story ends mere days after her SNL contretemps. She narrates many sections but never speaks on camera. Outside of historical footage, no one interviews her or asks her any difficult or uncomfortable questions.
None of this is inaccurate per se. It’s just obvious that SOC is a complex, contradictory, and difficult person with a unique psychology and perspective. I’m sure her actual story is more interesting and informative than this desultory attempt at myth-making lets on.
If you lived through peak Sinead O’Connor the first time, you probably won’t come away from this film with much additional information. Sinead-O’Connor-now seems to feel that 23-year-old Sinead O’Connor said pretty much anything worth saying back in the day. Nothing has changed and there’s nothing more to add.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 37 min (97 min)
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Status Released
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Genre Documentary, Music
Director Kathryn Ferguson
Writer Eleanor Emptage, Kathryn Ferguson, Michael Mallie
Actors Sinéad O’Connor, Gay Byrne
Country United Kingdom, Ireland
Awards 5 wins & 12 nominations
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