Wham! (2023)

• Year: 2023
• Released: 05 Jul 2023
• Country: United Kingdom
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27726927/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wham
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 1080p
• Language: English
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• Genre: Documentary, Music
• Runtime: min
• Writer: N/A
• Director: Chris Smith
• Cast: George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, Wham!
• Keywords: 1980s, music documentary, archive footage,

	7.8/10
	93% – Critics
	90% – Audience

Wham! Storyline

In 1982, the best of friends and still teenagers George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley as Wham. set out to conquer the world. By June of 1986, they played their very last gig at Wembley Stadium having done exactly that. Now, for the very first time, told in their own words, comes the amazing story of how in four years they dominated the charts around the world with timeless and classic pop songs. Hit after hit “Club Tropicana,” “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go,” “Freedom,” “I’m Your Man” and of course “Last Christmas.” Their time in the spotlight was white-hot, and they became the very first Western pop act to play in China. It was a time that both encapsulated and epitomized not just their youth but also that of the many millions of fans that adored them.

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Excellent overview – in their own words.

First off, I’m not & never have been a Wham fan, tho my younger sister was, and they were a big thing among girls when I was a teenager in the 1980’s.

I was into punk/new wave and early goth stuff at the time, however some disco stuff was brilliant & when we went to discos the first two Wham singles were fun to bop about to- they sounded like the CHIC Productions (Good Times,Lost in Music,We are Family, etc) to me…

Uncannily, John Peel played their first few singles on his late night show , and that’s where I first heard them. (JohnPeel: ‘…and the first person to write in and say ‘you shouldn’t have played that, you should have played the UK Subs instead’ will be turned into a toad. You’ve been warned!’) This documentary doesn’t mention that Peel played their tune (& later Last Christmas), though it does have an extract of him talking about their Club Tropicana single… despairingly.

The great strength of the documentary is that it is almost all just George/Yod & his best mate Andrew discussing their careers from the pre-band inception to their last concert. It features loads of great footage of the times. People had so much more hair in the 1980’s.

Watching this it was impossible not to be impressed with Georges incredible & androgynous voice, and how superbly it is recorded/produced on the records. He was certainly a talented songwriter & singer although I find much of his work rather too insipid & cliched for my tastes… & often overtly derivative- but hey- everyone was ripping off MOTOWN beats, including the JAM with a Town called Malice (*1), Elvis Costello (a whole lp-Get Happy) and the Teardrop Explodes with Reward & You disappear from view…Culture Club… the Redskins…the list is vast, lol.

Anyways, even if you’re not a Wham fan this is an enjoyable portal into the past, especially with hindsight of Georges later shenanigans & strange friendships with a real Princess,queens & policemen. He always had a bit of the Village People about him.

In fact this documentary could easily have been another half an hour longer, and benefited if it had included more views from old bandmates ( for example-none of the 3 girls who backed them are interviewed) & their contemporaries . All we see are a few very brief interviews with their famous manager,a handful of others including Elton John, & some TV interviewers addressing the duo.

If you were/are a Wham fan you may well be in 7th Heaven watching this. It will interesting to see what their ‘hard-core fans’ think of it , and what they take offence to about it… if anything…. ?

(*1) DC Lee, the backing singer with Wham, later worked with Paul Weller.

It’s lovely to hear them both talk about Wham!

After a long day at work I needed something to watch and this came up since I had added it to my list.

It was nice to listen to George and Andrew go through the beginning of their friendship to the inspiration and growth of their music careers. You could see the ache Yog had for becoming that artist he always wished to be. These two young men had such an incredible experience and near the end when you could feel George becoming the solo star he was meant to be, it became a bit heartbreaking but you could see that was necessary. George was a powerhouse and yet he began a quiet, gentle soul. Made me teary at the end but truly enjoyed it.

Joyful memories of a snapshot in time

I had a smile on my face as I watched most of this film, remembering how lovely George and Andy were together and the infectious smiles on the both of them. Their music is still as catchy as ever, and it was nice to see a lot of early concert footage of the group that I’d never seen before. Thank you Mr. Ridgeley for putting this together. My only complaint was that it was about 15-20 minutes longer than it needed to be, and it could’ve had more clips of Andy and George in the studio together. Definitely a must-see if you’re a fan of 80s pop music, and if you know little to nothing about the underpinnings of George’s meteoric rise to solo career fame.