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Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger
A warm, fan-first reunion film with unusually open rehearsal-room scenes and a crowd that makes the songs feel big. Critics split on whether it is a film or a victory lap: it says little about the 2009 split and the later concert stretches turn familiar.
A good watch for anyone who loves the band; less so if you want a reckoning.
Dir. Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern · 2026 · about 2 hrs · documentary · Disney+ and Hulu
The setup
In 2025 Liam and Noel Gallagher ended a long silence and took Oasis back on the road. Don't Look Back in Anger is the film of that reunion tour. It follows the band from the tense rehearsal room through the shows in Cardiff, Manchester, Dublin, Tokyo, Rio, Buenos Aires and the US. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival, reached UK cinemas in September, and has since arrived on streaming.
The directors, Lovelace and Southern, have made music films before (Shut Up and Play the Hits, Meet Me in the Bathroom), and this one leans less on the band than on the people in the crowd.
What works
The access. Critics keep coming back to the rehearsal footage, which The Film Stage calls "wonderfully unguarded", and to the way the film catches the nerves before that first night back. NME's Rhian Daly finds the emotion of the reconciliation real and the sound and cinematography strong. TheWrap's Siddhant Adlakha says that as a showcase of the songs and what they mean to people it is "dazzlingly effective", and that it welcomes viewers who are not already fans.
The camera was hiding during much of this shooting, and the results are wonderfully unguarded.
Christopher Schobert, The Film Stage
The fan stories, drawn from several generations and countries, are the other draw. Sight and Sound's John Bleasdale says the film does well at conveying the enthusiasm of the fans and what the band has meant to their lives. The Gallaghers themselves come across as dry, funny and more reflective than their reputation, and Bleasdale singles out Noel as the more emotionally revealing.
What doesn't
Critics split on how much of a film it is. For Bleasdale it is superior fan service that at times joins the victory lap instead of examining it, and he finds the concert footage short on ideas. Adlakha makes a related point: the brothers' public image is bound up with their split, yet the film says little about it, and the later tour stops settle into a fairly standard concert presentation. Daly, otherwise warm, finds some fan segments cut in awkwardly and a sermon sequence that feels staged. Bleasdale adds that uncomfortable questions, such as why the band broke up in 2009, go unasked.
It is also a long film, at around two hours, and AwardsRadar, which gives it three stars, finds it repetitive and very loud. That last point is a mixed blessing, since the cinema sound mix is also what Adlakha praised.
Is this for you?
Tap what applies. This is a rough guide built from how the critics read the film, not a score.
Who it's for
If you already love the band, this is the reunion told by people who clearly do too, with unusually open rehearsal-room scenes and a well-judged sense of what the songs mean to a crowd. If you are curious about the feud itself, critics suggest you will get warmth more than answers. TheWrap says the film welcomes non-fans too.
That split in the reviews, between a film that moves people and a film that skirts the hard questions, is why it lands at a good, not a great, score.
Where to watch
It is on Disney+ and Hulu, with fuller versions of some songs reported for those services, after a cinema run that began in September. Availability varies by country, so check your own service before you plan an evening around it.