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Daisy Jones And The Six tells the story of the titular rock band from their rise in the 1970s, and to see where they are, later in life.
It begins with the text:
- “On October 4th, 1977, Daisy Jones and The Six performed to a sold out crowd at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois
They were one of the biggest bands in the world at the time, fresh off their award-winning, multi-platinum selling album ‘Aurora’
It would be their final performance.
In the 20 years since, members of the band and their inner circle have refused to speak on the record about what happened… Until now.”
So, in interviewing band members in 1997, we see how Daisy (Riley Keough – The Terminal List) started listening to music when she was a kid (like most of us), but in her day, in 1968 at the age of 15, concerts back then were the calibre of a double bill of The Byrds and The Doors – now THAT would be a fantastic gig! Jim Morrison died 9 months before I was born… not that I got his talent somehow…
Meanwhile, band member Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin – Enola Holmes), the lead singer-songwriter from Pittsburgh, states he wanted something else in his life than the only two other options in his town, which were either working at the mill or the Vietnam war.
Taking in a number of other bandmates – drummer Warren Rojas (Sebastian Chacon), bassist Eddie Roundtree (Josh Whitehouse), keyboardist Karen Sirko (Suki Waterhouse – Pride And Prejudice And Zombies) and Billy’s brother, Graham (Will Harrison) – along with others including photographer Camila Alvarez (Camila Morrone), all chipping in with their thoughts and opinions, it all feels like being bombarded with a lot of talking heads in the ‘present day’ when you’d rather just see what they did, instead of hearing second-hand accounts about it.
Like any band, they have good times and bad times, and although this is a fabricated band, novelist Taylor Jenkins Reid was apparently inspired by Fleetwood Mac, whose members have been back and forth in love with each other. What I’ve heard so far out of the initially-titled The Dunne Brothers – before they become Daisy Jones And The Six – isn’t exactly the same quality, however.
It feels like they’re trying to draw inspiration from Bohemian Rhapsody, because nostalgia-type documentaries sell, or heading into Almost Famous territory.
As such, I can’t see anything in this which I haven’t seen before in films like those.
Plus, with all the pieces-to-camera from present-day members of the band (which could be similar to voiceovers), it’s like The Wonder Years, but from several different perspectives, so doesn’t really work.
I watched two episodes and that was enough, quite frankly. I’ll be interested to see the reaction online when the programme goes live, though, but so far, Daisy Jones And The Six all feels very pedestrian in the telling.
Thanks to our friends at Prime Video for the screener prior to release.
Daisy Jones And The Six is on Prime Video from Friday March 3rd. 3 episodes are available on day one, then episodes 4-6 on March 10th, episodes 7 and 8 on March 17th, and episodes 9 and 10 on March 24th.
Cert: 
Running time: 45-50 minutes per episode (10 episodes)
Release date: March 3rd 2023
Studio: Prime Video
Format: 2.39:1
Series Directors: James Ponsoldt, Nzingha Stewart, Will Graham
Producers: Josie Craven, Amanda Kay Price, Taylor Jenkins Reid
Writers: Jihan Crowther, Charmaine De Grate, Nora Kirkpatrick, Scott Neustadter, Will Graham, Susan Coyne, Harris Danow, Jenny Klein, Elizabeth Koe, Judalina Neira, Stacy Traub
Novel: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Music: Tom Howe
Cast:
Daisy Jones: Riley Keough
Billy Dunne: Sam Claflin
Camila Dunne: Camila Morrone
Karen Sirko: Suki Waterhouse
Graham Dunne: Will Harrison
Eddie Roundtree: Josh Whitehouse
Warren Rojas: Sebastian Chacon
Simone Jackson: Nabiyah Be
Teddy Price: Tom Wright
Rod Reyes: Timothy Olyphant
Interviewer: Seychelle Gabriel
Bernie: Ayesha Harris
Don Midelton: Ross Partridge
Young Julia: Naya Kodeh
Nicky: Gavin Drea
Chuck Loving: Jack Romano
Tobias: Jonathan D’Ambrosio
Jeff: LeBaron Foster Thornton
Cliff: Ronald Chavis
Marlene: Lynn Downey
George: Evan Daigle
Caroline: Olivia Rose Keegan
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