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If you are a fan of the \u201990s pop-punk heroes, Nimrods<\/em> is a major work. This film is very much an extension of the Green Day brand: the band as a collective have \u201cproduced by\u201d and \u201cstory by\u201d credits and the story is heavily inspired by their early years as struggling musicians on the road, before they became Millennial pop-punk heroes. The plot revolves around three obsessive Green Day fans, and Green Day also star as themselves, the film culminating in a gig in which multiple classic Green Day songs are performed.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n That might suggest strictly-for-fans-only territory \u2014 but what is surprising about Nimrods<\/em> (which previously carried the title \u2018New Year’s Rev\u2019) is how accessible and charming it manages to be. It\u2019s directed by Lee Kirk, who ten years ago directed Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong in the semi-fictional film Ordinary World<\/em>. The filmmaker clearly has a lot of love and affection for the band, but this story trains the focus on its young cast, Green Day acolytes loosely based on the band members themselves.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n For all its faults, Nimrods<\/em> is a joyful expression of what it means to be young.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Our three scruffy heroes here are rebellious truant Tommy (The Black Phone<\/em>\u2019s Mason Thames),\u202fgreen-haired masturbator Fred (Kylr Coffman), and bespectacled \u201cnarc\u201d Chad (Ryan Foust), who the other two lambast for being too reliable (\u201cIf you want to be a punk rocker, you\u2019ve got to be late!\u201d). Tapping into the Gen-Z obsession with \u201990s nostalgia, these three are obsessed with Green Day and juvenilia of that era: their band, in fact, is called Analog Dogs (they get repeatedly mistakenly pronounced as \u201cAnal OG Dogs\u201d), and they delight in recording demos on a four-track and filming their punky exploits on an old-school camcorder.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Kirk reflects this in his filming style, shooting Kansas City grungily and grainily as a kind of suburban Nowheresville, USA. After a prank goes wrong, the band incorrectly believe they are supporting Green Day at their headline New Year\u2019s Eve gig in Los Angeles, and scrabble together whatever resources they can to make the journey West\u202f\u2014 along the way meeting all manner of colourful characters, including indie-cool love interest Olivia (Mckenna Grace) and an eccentric motel owner (Fred Armisen).<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Along the way, the familiar formula of a coming-of-age road-trip can be keenly felt. Some comic interludes \u2014 Fred takes mushrooms; hijinx ensue \u2014 land a little too broadly, and you find yourself wishing that the characters had been fleshed out a touch more. The looming absence of Tommy\u2019s late father is the only real emotional backstory we get.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n So, it\u2019s scrappy and a little rough around the edges. You sense that\u2019s exactly how Green Day would like it. The film\u2019s heart and sincerity are never in doubt, and if the ending is predictable, it\u2019s nothing less than sweet and triumphant. And if you are a Green Day fan \u2014\u202for at the very least had working ears during the 1990s and early 2000s\u202f\u2014\u202fyou will be cheered by the excess of the band\u2019s anthems on the soundtrack: of course mournful ballad \u2018Wake Me Up When September Ends\u2019 plays during a key second-act turning point! Of course \u2018Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)\u2019 plays as the film ends! For all its faults, Nimrods<\/em> is a joyful expression of what it means to be young. While listening, crucially, to Green Day.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n Do you have the time, to listen to this film whine, about nothing and everything all at once? 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