Review of Green Day: Wake Me Up When September Ends

"Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a 7-minute music video by Green Day from 2005 that was released of course to promote the song with the same title. But the film is actually trying to make a difference too with young talented actors Jamie Bell and Evan Rachel Wood being in the center of the action and the first two minutes belong exclusively to them, so they definitely wanted to get in some kind of movie atmosphere here. These are not scenes from an actual film I believe, the film is the music video. The problem is just that the lyrics are so ridiculously bad that they destroy any kind of film potential this may have had. And every time we see one of the Green Day guys, it really interrupts the flow. It may be a bit of a catchy movie that inspires you to sing along, but it's never a deep or meaningful song and that truly backfires hard as they do indeed act as if there was great depth to it. The result is cringe. There are positive aspects to this one without a doubt and it was a challenging project by prolific music video director Samuel Bayer, but the way in which some production values really do hit rock-bottom, it easily overshadows the strengths. My suggestion is accordingly: Don't watch. Don't listen to. Not in October. Not in any month. This over 10-year-old work is one of Green Bay's most known and it perfectly summarizes how generic and forgettable their music is while constantly trying to pretend is is the exact opposite. Keep your distance.