There are times when you don't know whether to laugh or cry but Rothwell avoids any charge of patronising them.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 3, 2008

But director Jerry Rothwell ruins all that by stealing the limelight with his annoying self-analysis and philosophising.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 3, 2008

The film demolishes stereotypes of the mentally challenged, celebrating the energy, desires and ambitions of its protags.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 3, 2008

Contender for best documentary of the year, Heavy Load contains a classic moment of Spinal Tap-ism as Paul, when Heavy Load is at its lowest ebb, ponders why Michael says he hates him.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 3, 2008

This is intriguing, though it gives Rothwell another excuse to appear on camera, which he does with irritating frequency.

| Oct 3, 2008

The only difference is that three of the five have a learning disability - but in this documentary, which is very funny in places, it's not disabilities that define them.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 3, 2008

It's a shade too earnest for comfort, but there's a tribal exhilaration about the band's brave and tuneless journey from a grubby pub to their first festival.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 3, 2008

An engaging documentary.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 3, 2008