And it was a total sucker punch … I spent the first 20 minutes of the documentary thinking about ways to sneak out of the theater. I thought it was going to be that bad.

It’s a tragic story about Lightning & Thunder, a married couple who make a living as a Neil Diamond/Patsy Cline cover act. They’re messed up, in love, totally off the rails, delusional, depressing, funny … and it’s hard to watch at times. But at the end the emotion swelled and I heard everyone around me quietly sniffling.