A recent Netflix original. When a has been boy band member, Ed Skrein, now finds himself in adulthood, he's been regulated to hitting London streets to busk for a living but during one momentous outing he comes across a young lad, Leo Long (a boy on the autistic spectrum), who provides percussive accompaniment to his synth twindles attracting a willing & appreciative audience. Hoping to make a move back into the big time & getting the tentative okay from Long's mom, Eleanor Matsuura (from The Walking Dead), they hit a night club to perform which ends up being a disaster when a drunken patron hassles Long & Skrein comes to his rescue but of course in the modern age of viral videos, their captured interrupted performance has garnered some attention & Skrein's old bandmate (now a solo artist embarking on a new tour) reaches out for the pair to be an opening act. Will it go down as planned or will disappointment be the meal of the day? Nothing new under the sun w/some okay tunes to carry the film along but the performances & story are definitely surface not being especially deep putting this film in the background noise category.
Review of I Used to Be Famous
