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As a Led Zeppelin fan for the past five decades, this was an amazing trip, hearing all the stories of how four incredible artists happened upon each other to make rock history.

With genuine and thoughtful interviews from the survivors of the band and a really sweet and funny interview from the late John Bonham, (a happy voice from the past) this exciting and well crafted doc had wonderful historical footage and photos showing us how Led Zeppelin became Led Zeppelin.

If you can see it in IMAX, it's amazing. Some of the live footage is absolutely fantastic and the sound quality is remarkable.

Overall, this was a really fun ride down memory lane. I just wish I were 10 years older so that I had had a chance to see Zep before John passed.

Definitely a must see for any Led Zeppelin fan!

I went to the cinema to see 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' with my brother and saw it in IMAX. Didn't really know what to expect but I found the experience thoroughly enjoyable. I'm very familiar with their music catalogue and was a bit of a hippy myself in my teens, though post Led Zeppelin in the late 70's and early 80's, so I never saw them live (although I did go to a cinema 'all nighter that included 'The Song Remains the Same' movie!). I don't listen to them much these days but it was great to revisit their first two albums, hear their amazing music again and see the rare footage and listen to them talking nostalgically about those exciting formative days.

One of the things the documentary impressed on me was how stripped down those early performances were. There is hardly any lighting, the stages are often the size of a postage stamp and some the audiences on their first US tour were really tough (check out the kids putting their fingers in their ears - hilarious). This gave me a real appreciation for their dedication to the music as they give it 100% regardless.

So, I know there's been a lot of water under the bridge, and even though Robert, Jimmy and John Paul (and even John posthumously) are interviewed separately for this documentary there's a whole lotta love for the halcyon days of energy and creativity of the sixties. The documentary brings the era alive with some well chosen news reel footage and even rare footage of the band members playing pre-Zeppelin. In regard to this - a special moment is when they are reacting to video footage that they had not seen before - priceless.

On the picky side there is plenty of 'lick and stick' editing going on - you know, putting clips together with music from a different recording and making a less than convincing hash of it - but its a forgivable conceit really (for fans) and worth overlooking to make the most of all the archive material.

All in all we had a great night out at the cinema and I can say with some confidence that if you were ever a fan of the first two Zeppelin albums your gonna love this trip down memory lane - it's a whole lotta rock n roll nostalgia.

I loved it. The second album was always my favorite, and I'm glad they went into depth on all the songs. Ramble On & What Is And What Should Never Be got the love they deserved.

I wasn't alive to get to see them perform (I'm 18 😭) but in the middle of high school I discovered all of their music and fell in love with them. This movie gave me everything I wanted, and there was a lot I didn't even know about. I as I stated before, I really hope they make a 2nd part, just because I want to see them go into Physical Graffiti.

Anyways I wanted to write a review to support the movie and tell you all to go watch, you won't be disappointed! I'm sure it's the closest you can get to being in one of their concerts.

2025 has been the year of musical biopics so far, though this film about the early years of Led Zeppelin is a documentary / concert film, unlike any of those.

Looking to break away from his comfortable life as a session guitarist, Jimmy Page established his own band, bringing in fellow session player John Paul Jones as well as two prodigious talents from the West Midlands in Robert Plant and John Bonham. Their chemistry is immediate and they head to American to tour on preexisting contracts for Page's former band The Yardbirds. Their first album is a commercial success, though not well reviewed. They resolve to come again with everything they have for their second album.

The documentary has the full co-operation from the three surviving members of the band who all appear in talking head style interviews, explaining their story themselves. This is intercut with footage from various different sources showing the band performing, or home videos. There is also inserts from an Interview with John Bonham, that never aired anywhere previously, but cover his early life, and time spent with Plant before the band came together. It's quite emotional when they play the interview to the rest of the band, particularly a section when he talks about how he feels about his bandmates. It's a very well researched documentary, though does only get the bands opinions on what's going on, with none of the supporting characters offering any thoughts.

It's a criticism that you see in all the reviews, but it is valid. Ending where they do, with the release of Zeppelin 2, does mean that they can avoid all of the contentious topics that a full documentary would cover. So, there's no spiralling into heroin use, no talk of what they may have gotten up to with groupies and there's no actual discussion of Bonham's death, even how they feel about it. Maybe with the trust that Bernard MacMahon has established with them, they could come back and do a follow up "The End of Led Zeppelin".

If you don't have any interest in the band it's perhaps unlikely to change your opinion, but I enjoyed it.

I grew up in an home where folk music reigned, and a bit like with those folks at the Newport Folk Festival who recoiled in disgust at Bob Dylan's shift from acoustic to electric, my parents wouldn't give this band house room in their collection. Therefore, save for the odd rendition of "Whole Lotta Love" or "Stairway to Heaven" I knew precious little about this band when I watched this documentary. It starts by introducing us to each of the members, and rather poignantly uses an interview with the late John Bonham as all four take us through their own musical influences before they met and make musical history. There's some serious archive research gone into this film providing an astonishing array of material from not just those who inspired these men but of some of their own early appearances. There's an especially enjoyable scene from London's Roundhouse theatre where, already having had success in the USA, they perform to a bemused collection of Londoners - some with their fingers in their ears! I didn't love all of their music, and as one journalists quoted here declared - they can be a bit self indulgent. So what, though? That old adage about serving others best when you serve yourself springs to mind. If you can't enjoy making music your own way, you can't expect others to enjoy listening to it - and that search for a musical style that resonates with an audience is clearly important to these blokes. Interestingly, after fifty-odd years, they still appear to respect each other and look back fondly not just on their days touring and making music, but also display a touching affection for their lamented drummer who's comments elicit a genuine emotion from Messrs Plant, Page and Jones. It features very little by way of noises-off comments, instead focussing on the band's own insightful narration as well as plenty of actuality material - including some long form performances from their gigs up until the release of "Led Zeppelin II" where our history rather abruptly concludes. These are three erudite and engaging men who who have clearly lived life's ups and downs fully and energetically, and emerged remarkably sanely out the other side of a music industry that they refused to be consumed by. There music won't be to everyone's taste, but as a history of an industry, a band and a genre-busting style of rock this is an easy film to absorb for two hours.

Thoroughly enjoyed Becoming Led Zeppelin. Keep in mind this is about how the band rose to fame quickly, the old-fashioned way by touring relentlessly. No Internet, just word-of-mouth, kind DJs and radio play. What they achieved the old-fashioned way in less than 15 months was simply amazing. The film reveals how four people who virtually never played together discovered a magic within themselves and the vision Jimmy page had for their future. Never before seen footage and audio clips were awesome. Keep in mind this documentaries about the bands rise to store them early in their Career. Try to see in an IMAX theater or equivalent.

Jimmy page has always been something of a (rightful) control freak when it comes to his 'baby', Led Zeppelin; and while their 12 year output is largely untarnished, there have been a few missteps following the death of drummer John Bonham in 1980, like the ill-fated Live Aid reunion in 1985, so it's no surprise he, along with Plant and Jones, were initially a little tentative about a proposed 'official' documentary.

On one hand, 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' does live up to its title. This is not a band chronology, but the how and why of it all coming together, from their post-war childhoods to becoming infatuated with American blues, r&b, jazz, and rock music as teenagers. While it doesn't touch on every single influence, there is enough of an overview to get the cultural picture. All three surviving members provide an adequate narrative through new interviews. Although it's Page who is the most lucid and engaged, Plant and Jones are also informative, witty and affable.

Of course, the music does speak for itself, and is given plenty of screen time to do that, presenting live clips of complete songs with original audio. It would be easy to complain that most of these clips were released in 2003 on the 'Led Zeppelin Live' DVD, but they definitely benefit from the Imax treatment. One nice surprise, though, was the inclusion of unreleased footage from the Fillmore West, San Francisco in 1969, among others.

It all seems to add up to an engaging cohesive story, that is, until the director gets a case of montage fever and decides to recycle clips and songs we've already seen, in a ham-fisted way more than a few times, which just comes off as filler, and really cheapens the overall tone of the film.

So, does this film actually do justice to the mighty Zeppelin? It does accomplish its objective in cohesively covering the early years, and keeps us engaged with interviews, unseen clips and photos, but somehow manages to stray without a satisfactory conclusion. Still, I'm glad it exists, but could use a re-edit.

I did chuckle to myself watching this when the band talk about the bad reviews they received from the music press but how the fans ignored it anyway and through word of mouth the band became bigger and bigger with much adulation. Seeing the media reviews of this film against the fan reviews it seems nothing has changed in over 50 years.

But here's the thing. This is clearly made by a fan, for the fans. It's not for casual rock fans. It's almost 2 and a half hours covering only two years of the band (with the birth of the band covering the first hour or so) and it's power is in the build up, the interviews (only with the band and not the usual snippets from the cleaner and famous fans we've hardly heard of, which is the usual fare for these type of documentaries), the wonderful Bonzo audio and the phenomenal performances, some of which the band hadn't even seen. I can't wait for the inevitable (I hope) follow up. It's all I could of wished for when I first heard they were doing this, and more.

The "Way Back Machine" takes us to Jimmy Page's skiffle performance as a kid on English TV, Plant's early bands, Bonzo with Tim Rose (making good money), Jones doing fabulous arrangements & initially working with his musician parents. YARDBIRDS are central to my view of music & Glimpses sounded fabulous along with Dazed & Confused (I think); original lead guitarist Top Topham was asked to join Zep but that's not generally known & wasn't in this flick. You'll probably want to see this in an IMAX facility since ours had fabulous sound.

Generally recent interviews with band members make up about 20% of this.

So, the 4 guys click immediately & are excited. The Yardbirds still have concert commitments but all but Page are simply worn out. Page takes the new "Yardbirds lineup" on the road to play these last gigs as the New Yardbirds. There are super video clips of early performances. The very early USA show in Denver opening for Vanilla Fudge is mentioned but the drama there could have been discussed: The Fudge knew Page from Yardbird days & gave up some of their fee to pay Zep a tiny fee to play & the next morning Denver radio stations were inundated with calls asking WHO THE HELL OPENED FOR THE FUDGE LAST NIGHT???

More relevant Yardbird notes/suggested listening: No Excess Baggage (Jones on BOSS bass), How Many More Times (played in the middle of Smokestack Lightning - Last Raveup in LA), Think About It (pieces parts of a lot of Zep & HOT), Knowing That I'm Losing You (Zep's Tangerine with fab guitar tone), White Summer (in this movie & sister piece to Black Mountainside), "violin" bow, Spanish Blood.

This documentary was exactly what I expected and wanted it to be. It was fun, it was rockin', I learned some facts I had never known before, and there was previously unreleased footage and audio. I was particularly pleased by the multiple full length audio and visual recordings of live performances. This turned the documentary from a film into an experience, as advertised. By my recollection, there is more music than talking.

I don't know how this documentary will stand up over time and outside of IMAX, but if you like live music, Zeppelin, even remotely, going to see this in IMAX is a fun time and well worth it. My theater was packed and the crowd was engaged; clapping along, cheering at the end of songs, reliving old times. This is a fun couple hours!

If any of that does not sound good, do not spend the IMAX price to go see it you will likely be disappointed.

A brilliant and insightful documentary, saw it at the Olympic Studios cinema; watching footage in the actual room they recorded Led Zeppelin I was fantastic, (In Dolby Atmos too it's was LOUD!) Their love of their craft shone through and the archive footage is phenomenal, the editing and montage sequences have painstakingly been put together and gave a real sense of a place and time, the raw live performances also hit hard and showed what fantastic musicians they were individually and as group, the candid interviews and audio clips of John Bonham were really powerful, just wish they'd make one for the next stage of their career.

I do like Led Zeppelin, and would have loved to see Becoming Black Sabbath a little more but I did love this documentary. As someone who does understand what Zeppelin means to music I enjoyed listening to the band explain what it was like to... Become Led Zeppelin. It was an interesting story. I especially liked the band's respect for what came before them. Where I come from it is a running joke about how Led Zeppelin stole black music, but thinking about it in the eyes of someone living in 2025, I see a group of Brits living at a time when the American Dream was still alive and they herd it though African American music. It's just a respect for music that I don't see anymore. An Excellent band with an Excellent Rock and Roll story.

The movie scores high on nostalgia , a good thing. They were undoubtedly an original innovative rock group with a sound , strictly, all their own. All three intstrumentalists great musicians and , what I did not really know is what a musical genius Jimmy Page is. So you learn a lot you might not have known.

The movie could have been between 50 minutes and one hour ten minutes and told the same story . There are hits which don't even come up in the movie, I won't say which ones ( no spoilers) and that was a disappointment. This film really belongs with one of the streaming platforms and not in a 'theatrical' release

I have to say I saw it at one of the major chains that do not maintain their equipment and so the sound was terrible but I have no doubt the sound track is good I listened to the trailer at home on decent equipment so if you plan to see it in a theater make sure you see it in one that does have a decent sound system that is properly maintained.

After seeing this I could not help thinking about 'The Last Waltz' and 'The Wall' and while those two films are in genres all their own, this film on an artistic and , yes , entertainment level cannot and does not begin to approach them. Worth a watch , yes , but don't get your expectations up too high.

I expected a little more, like the complete career of Led Zeppelin. But it is entertaining and worth seeing if you grew up listening to great rock music. Instead of seeing the full progression of the band through the 1970's, the film shows pre-formation of the four guys from childhood and their first performances. Most of the live footage uses studio recordings over it, but there is a lot to enjoy in this remarkable period of rock music.

By age 19, we see Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones had become solid, working session musicians in London's top recording studios.

Most interesting is rare film of Jones' early sessions. In a short time, he is a full-time working bassist. He could have stayed in that profession and recalls contemplating leaving solid employment to join these guys.

It has rare footage of one of the greatest rock drummers, John Bonham, up close. While they are recording their 1969 debut album, a camera is filming them in the studio, right over John's head. We come right up close to him as he lays down his massive kick drum beats.

Even Bonham's sound-check on-stage was a performance, attracting everyone working at the venue.

Robert Plant discusses disapproval of his parents of him giving up on college to be a singer, how he lived in poverty before he met Page. But when he sang, he had such a powerful voice and knew how to use it like an instrument.

We hear John Bonham talk about his experience through recorded audio.

Jones mentions another fact: Page and Peter Grant financed and produced Zeppelin's first album. They didn't need to pay producers and record executives, giving the band total control over their albums.

Their business skills led them to start up their own label, Swan Song, although the film doesn't cover that.

Page discusses his sound effects on "Whole Lotta Love" using electric guitar and amplifier feedback with engineer Eddie Kramer. Unfortunately, the film ends there, before their 3rd album.

It is an enjoyable film with rare footage, just not comprehensive.

I wasn't a Led Zep fan until just after they disbanded in 1980, and got into them in a retrospective way. To be honest some documentary films bore me, too much waffle and not enough action. This is very different. As the title says it's the becoming of, so the formation & what came before, and what came before is fascinating. Quite where they dug up the archive footage from is beyond me, but some of it is amazing quality. Watching the three surviving members talk about their stories is very revealing but watching them listening to John Bonham's tales is even more so. It becomes clear that this was a perfect collaboration waiting to happen. It does also show how fantastic it would be to see a Zeppelin concert at the cinema - I so hope it happens.

This is an amazing film, so if you want to find out more about the very early days, do yourself a favour and go see it!

The film was fascinating in the beginning as it described the roots of the music, the musicians and the creation of the band. The story element of the film got much weaker as it went on. Many of the songs, filmed on various stages in the sixties, were allowed to play on a great length. There was nothing said about the death of Bonham. Stairway to Heaven was not used, probably because of copyright claims. If there was a story about the events on their tours, discord, drugs and sex, it was all passed off in a single sentence. So without story content it became a concert film, not a bad one...Page's guitar playing was center stage and his riffs were scalding. There was nothing about later, less successful albums. Great band alright, but too long a film to sustain without a narrative. (The bass lines tended to be buried, perhaps because of the inadequate concert recordings of the time.)

First the IMAX sucked. The movie previews before the actual movie were 3 time louder than the actual movie. Extremely disappointing. And i dont think it was in stereo.it sounded like the music was coming only from the front of the theater. Not surround sound as i was anticipating.

The interviews were good but not great . They didnt go indept. Plant and jonsey's interviews were so so.

Jimmy's was better.

They did a time progression from little boys ,to session musician's, to meeting, and through to 2nd album. Then the movie suddenly stopped, it was over. How is it a biography when you only go through the first 2 albums. When they had about 10 albums.which were much better and way more complicated.

They only played about 4-5 songs combined totaled, from both albums.not each album and they played certain songs over again. Why, they had so much more music. What cheap biography.

It was very difficult to watch this documentary. Some of the best music by arguably the best band in the history of the planet with in-person interviews with ALL three remaining bandmates, and, SOMEHOW they found a way to make this boring.

When Led Zeppelin played, everybody paid attention. I learned a lot about John Bonham today, which made a bit of a difference and is the only reason this got any stars.

There will inevitably be a couple more in this series. There are so many albums to be chronicled. My sincere hope is that the next documentary in this series will get personal with the guys and move into more background on their time together.

Disappointed.

Some friends and I went to see this show at an IMAX theater last night. The theater was half full and it appeared every single person in attendance was a Led Zeppelin fan. There was a lot of clapping after some of the performances or after one of the band members would make a certain comment. And that was really neat being in the company of other Zep fans.

I truly did not know what to expect prior to going into the theater. I knew it was gonna be some sort of Led Zeppelin documentary so I wasn't too concerned. Though I was hoping it was more of a concert video, a la, The Song Remains the Same, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it started from the beginning- talking about how each of the band members grew up and then met each other and then formed the band.

Like other commenters have stated, I definitely would like to see a part two. While this show went all the way up through the second album there is so much more Led Zeppelin to cover.

The show was right at two hours, and it moved fairly quickly. It didn't ramble on and on. Overall, this was a well produced show, but strictly for fans of Led Zeppelin.