If you are unfamiliar with the Avett Brothers or their music, this documentary about their musical journey and their lives will make you an instant fan. As the celebrated producer Rick Rubin says in the movie, “It seemed that just being around them would make life matter.” The good heartedness of Seth and Scott Avett and the cultivated love and community of everyone in their lives is contagious. Getting to witness the weight of translated pain into beautiful music, is one of the more touching things I have seen in film.

• IMDB 8.6

• Rotten Tomatoes 89%/97%

• (NR)