Hailed by Michael Moore as "one of the best documentaries about a band
that I've ever seen" and by Pitchfork as "the funniest, most meta music
movie since
Spinal Tap, Mistaken for Strangers
is a truly hilarious,
unusual, and moving film about two brothers, Matt and Tom Berninger.
Matt,
the lead singer of the critically acclaimed rock band
The National
,
finally finds himself flush with success. His younger brother, Tom, is a
loveable slacker - a filmmaker and metal-head still living with his
parents in Cincinnati. On the eve of The National's biggest tour to
date, Matt invites Tom to work for the band as a roadie, unaware of
Tom's plan to film the entire adventure.
What starts as a rock
documentary soon becomes a surprisingly honest portrait of a charged
relationship between two brothers, and the frustration of unfulfilled
creative ambitions.