A Mighty Wind (2003)

CinemaSerf October 18, 2026

★ 7/10

I felt this very much in the vein of "Spinal Tap" (1984), only it sets it's docusoap cap squarely at the American folk music scene. One of it's legendary stalwarts - "Irving Steinbloom" - has gone to play his heavenly harp and so the industry are reuniting some of their great and good to commemorate his achievements. This is going to be easier said than done as the trio of acts selected for the tribute haven't played together since God was but an infant. There's "The New Main Street Singers" - a sort of "Bucks Fizz" with whiter teeth; "The Folksmen" - a sort of "Wurzels" without the combine harvester, and then finally there's the lovingly devoted "Mitch and Mickey" - a sort of "Carpenters" meets "Peters and Lee" outfit. What now ensues could hardly be more apposite twenty-odd years later as we see the rise in the popularity of a surfeit of ageing songsters whose voices have long since tu…