First thing's first: I enjoy Kanye's music, art, fashion, and story. So there may be bias in that. But despite the fact, I will be doing my best to solely judge this documentary on its cinematic merits. And that being said, this documentary had great potential, but seemed to not know what it wanted to do with its scenes. At times, the movie felt self-indulgent with scenes running on way further than it should've. Some things could've easily been clipped out. And it could've perhaps used a better narrative and writing when it came to describing Kanye's life; at times, it felt like Coodie was spilling in his own limelight a little too much as well. I get that it was his perspective, but perhaps it would've done better separated from the fact, and shown Kanye's story as a triumphant rise and a roller coaster of a life, to his tragic downfalls.
The clips recorded had great potential.
The clips recorded had great potential.