Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger Review: One of the Best Concert Docs in Ages

15+ years after their last show together, the unthinkable finally happened in 2025; UK rock legends Oasis returned to the stage and were somehow bigger (and better) than ever. One year on from that triumphant reunion, Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, a documentary from Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern (Meet Me in the Bathroom) follows the triumphant  reunion of brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher and traces the band’s worldwide stadium tour, demonstrating its effect not only on the famously quarrelsome brothers but on their fans across the globe. 

Written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger is split equally between concert footage from the reunion tour and behind-the-scenes interviews with the Gallagher brothers and diehard fans from all corners of the world as they make their way to one of the massive shows. 

The biggest get for the filmmakers here is the initial fly-on-the-wall band rehearsal footage and the first filmed interview with Liam and Noel, which Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern pepper throughout the film. 

The live footage is absolutely thrilling, capturing the band’s shows in the UK, Seoul, Brazil, and more, before wrapping up in North America. The editing style for the live shows is fast and furious, capturing on-stage footage of the band’s POV while playing to tens of thousands of delirious fans as well as crowd-shot footage that truly makes you feel like you’re in the middle of the action. You can almost smell the beer flying through the air during raucous tracks like “Cigarettes & Alcohol” (a free idea if they ever grant the film the 4DX treatment). 

Seeing the film in IMAX was a true sensory experience that almost matched the actual live experience (I caught the tour in Toronto last August). The live tracks are nice and loud, and the immense screen only adds to the overall immersive aspect of the film. 

Apart from the Gallagher’s hilarious banter and endlessly cutting one-liners, there is a thread of deep humanity that runs through Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger. The film’s title acts as a guiding light for the filmmakers as well as the subjects, as the Gallaghers wrestle with playing together and even being in the same room together after so long. Liam comes off as vaguely confrontational in the initial rehearsals, before eventually walking out hand-in-hand with Noel to kickstart each show on the reunion tour. 

Seeing the brothers reunite and Oasis return to the stage also inspires fans all around the world, and the filmmakers do a great job of introducing a number of fans in disparate countries as they explain what Oasis means to them as the filmmakers follow them along to the actual shows. 

As engrossing as the film is, fans looking for any deeper explanation of what kept the Gallaghers apart for nearly two decades will have to look elsewhere. This is strictly a triumphant look back at a stunning second act for the band that everyone believed would never happen. 

It’s hard to say how Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger will play to casual fans, but the emotional underpinning of the film and the incredible live footage should sway even the deepest of Blur fans to tears.

On the other hand, diehard Oasis fans should don their bucket hats, sneak in a few lagers and be prepared for one of the most exciting concert films since Stop Making Sense. 

And if the rumours are true, the band is getting set to do it all again in 2027. 

Biblical. 

Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger is in theatres now.