Ben Lee: Catch My Disease




A rangy documentary look at the Australian-born singer-songwriter of its title, Ben Lee: Catch My Disease charts much along the same lines as Kerthy Fix and Gail O’Hara’s Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields, another generally appreciated if not always appreciable glimpse behind the creative curtain of a curious and prodigious musical talent. The same qualities that help give director Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s film its strongest pull — a solid sense of scope, plus the happy involvement of its quirky subject and other interesting interviewees, like ex-flame Claire Danes and good friends Winona Ryder and Michelle Williams — also contribute to a polite distance and overall play-nice feeling that make the movie of reward really only for those who are already fans of Lee. For the full, original review, from ShockYa, click here. Be advised, too, that Catch My Disease is available on iTunes and all other major digital platforms. (GoDigital, unrated, 86 minutes)