Filmed on the road during his 2022 Greatest Hit Tour, director Chris Atkins followed James Blunt across Europe and delves into James Blunt's unique backstory. From witnessing the Kosovo War, recording the biggest selling album of the '00s, enduring the backlash that followed his success, and then tweeting his way back to becoming a national treasure, this is an intimate portrait of James Blunt as never seen before – a brutally honest story of a painfully self-aware, endlessly touring musician, for whom persistence eventually prevails.
Writing
Blunt's tweet game deserves its own Oscar category honestly.
Direction
Atkins finds genuine pathos in what could've been pure mockery.
Director
Chris Atkins
James Blunt
Self
Linda Perry
Self
Ed Sheeran
Self
Harry Hill
Self (archive footage)
Courtney Love
Self (archive footage)
Tony Blair
Self (archive footage)
Charlotte Church
Self (archive footage)
Paul Weller
Self (archive footage)
Jools Holland
Self (archive footage)
Jo Brand
Self (archive footage)
Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Self (archive footage)
Jack Whitehall
Self (archive footage)
Jonathan Ross
Self (archive footage)
Alan Carr
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Blunt's 2013 Twitter pivot arguably invented the 'self-aware celebrity' playbook later perfected by Ryan Reynolds and Chrissy Teigen.
The documentary's working title was 'The Most Hated Man in Pop' until Blunt himself suggested the self-mocking upgrade.
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