I don't know that there's a lot to be learned as far character study goes. Surprising as far as biographies go but it is a story about a great band, an interesting man (child) and the performances are very effective.

A non-fan of Joy Division might not find this nearly as good, but for me, this was a spine-tingling experience directed with skill and restraint by Anton Corbijn. A triumph.

Marginally more interesting than a typical Oscarbait biopic, especially visually, but it ultimately fails its attempt to capture the liminality of Curtis, and he doesn't truly show up as a character until the last quarter. At its heart (especially given the source) it's nearly Debbie's movie anyway, and Morton delivers as always, with nice performances from Riley and Kebbell too. Ultimately, it may be that Curtis didn't have enough content in his life to sustain this particular type of focus.

Ian Curtis remains a mystery to me. Sam Riley acted terrific, but Corbijn directed 'Control' with too much respect for Curtis himself which made this movie flat, lifeless, superficial and dull.

One of the most pretentiously self-satisfied films I've ever seen. Corbijn seems to think that showing "what really happened" is the height of artistic endeavour. It's even in black and white. Seriously.

Control is a look at the life of Ian Curtis through a series of gorgeous photographs. The photographs just happen to be moving. It seems that at any moment of Control, you could take a still image of it, and it would make a great photograph at any moment. Now there is a major problem with Control. We never really have a emotional connection with Ian Curtis. But how or weather or not you feel anything about the characters, it won%u2019t stop you from being taken away by the visuals.

Excellent movie and acting. Sam Riley brings back Ian Curtis in all his glory and despair.

being a joy division fan just gives it something extra

Just not that good. I only know one Joy Division song, and maybe that didn't help. But surely the film should be accessible to those who don't know the music. It wasn't. I was hoping for a "Walk The Line" type attempt, but it just wasn't there.

Great movie. Essential for Joy Division fans, but even the ones that never heard of Ian Curtis should watch it. Probably the best biopic ever.

Beautiful to look at which will helped during a slow start and some emotional scenes which weren't as powerful as they should of been. Sam Riley nails the role in a fairly bleak film. Maybe its the source material but there doesn't seem like enough happens in the two hour running time. Decent.

Flat and lifeless. Good music. Good costumes.

A beautiful biopic of the tragic life of Ian Curtis. The acting in this movie was very good, as well as the music !!

A well-made biopic about Ian Curtis, possibly showing that he wasn't everything he was cracked up to be.

film looks good, lead guy is good, music is obviously good, pretty good stuff

Perfect in many ways except in-depth view of Ian's personality.

If you're not a fan of Joy Division, you probably won't like this movie. Even I didn't like it the first time. Second time, I loved it. Directed by photographer Anton Corbijn who used to know the band