‘The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel’ Review: A Blistering Portrait of the Band’s Early Years Melts Into an Overdone Lament

‘The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel’ Review: A Blistering Portrait of the Band’s Early Years Melts Into an Overdone Lament

"The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel," which premiered today at SXSW and drops next week on Netflix, is a documentary that lives up to both halves of its title, and that’s both good and not-so-good news.

By Owen Gleiberman