The Go-Go’s (2020)

As a lifelong casual fan of The Go-Go’s, this offered a fun glimpse into their early years. There’s plenty of footage from their punk days and includes enough interviews with each of the members to leave no doubt that a ‘girls’ group can be as raucous as any of their male counterparts. The constant reminders that they were the ‘first all-female band to play their instruments, write their songs and have a No. 1 album’ made some of the film feel like a successful pitch for them to get into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. There’s also a complete erasure of 30 years of the band’s turbulent history: they were successful in the 80s, broke up, and ta-da they’re now recording music again. It’s a decent rockumentary for anyone jonesing for a Behind the Music fix.