‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’ Review: The Gallagher Bros. Bury The Hatchet In A Sentimental But Funny Concert Movie – Venice Film Festival — SkimNews
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- "Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger" premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, written by Steven Knight, with Disney handling world sales and a runtime of 2 hours 2 minutes.
- The documentary chronicles Noel and Liam Gallagher's heavily promoted multi-million-dollar reunion stadium tour — described as one of the most oversubscribed reunion tours in the UK — after Oasis imploded at the 2009 Rock en Seine festival.
- The film frames Oasis's appeal around their 1996/97 peak as part of a second British Invasion of America, noting their 1994 debut "Definitely Maybe" and follow-up "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" still command an international fandom of crowds up to 90,000.
- Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, the returning rhythm guitarist absent since 1999, is credited with restoring the band's "elephantine guitar grind" — the very quality that had led rivals Blur to dub them "(Status) Quoasis."
- The first Cardiff gig drew a crowd the local police chief compared to a football match, with fans under 30 present and one enthusiast comparing the reunion to "the rebirth of Christ, or something."
- Liam Gallagher arrived at rehearsal in "amazingly good voice," converting Noel's skepticism into hope; their reconciliation is given near-mystical weight when a priest uses the brothers as a sermon's object lesson in forgiveness.
- Venice coverage converges on the film's tone: Variety calls it "uncharacteristically polite and sentimental," IndieWire frames it as "a reason for celebration," and Deadline hails it as "sentimental but funny" — a consensus suggesting the film trades Oasis's raunch for warmth.
Why it matters: The documentary's Venice debut — capped by an eight-minute standing ovation and Disney acquiring world sales — confirms Oasis's reunion as both a cultural event and a premium content asset, positioning the band's second-act mythology for global streaming distribution rather than nostalgia-circuit release.
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