I was very excited when this documentary came out on Netflix. Wham has been one of my favourite bands growing up and I have always been a fan of George Michael. So it was nice to get more of an insight into the other half of Wham, Andrew Ridgley and how the pair met and the early days of Wham. I was somewhat underwhelmed by the production. It felt rushed. It was good seeing the early years of George and Andrew, how they bonded and their paths to success. But I felt the doco focused a lot on the early years and rushed through the end. We only saw brief moments of some of the highlights some of us are familiar with. The doco glossed over Band Aid, Last Christmas, some of their biggest hits and could have spent more time on the dynamic of the pair. One of the sad realities of this doco is we never get to have a first hand account from George Michael. If only this doco was made years earlier, it might have been a slam dunk and changed the narrative and how it was told by the pair instead of solely relying archived footage which while useful, only captures glimpses in time.
