Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
Record-shattering Korean girl band BLACKPINK tell their story — and detail the hard fought journey of the dreams and trials behind their meteoric rise.
A competent K-pop documentary that offers genuine insight into BLACKPINK's trainee years and individual personalities, but follows a fairly standard music-doc template of archival footage, candid interviews, and concert highlights. The cinematography is polished but unremarkable. The personal stories add warmth, though the narrative arc feels incomplete and somewhat surface-level — YG Entertainment's heavy hand in image control limits how deep it goes. Novelty is moderate: the subject matter (global K-pop phenomenon) is distinctive, but the documentary form itself is conventional. The ending lacks a strong payoff, closing on an upbeat note without real dramatic resolution.