An intimate portrait of garage rock icon Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr, better known to the world as Jay Reatard. Captured just months before his untimely passing, the film brings us incredibly close to Jay’s complicated punk-rock world in Memphis, Tennessee. BETTER THAN SOMETHING eloquently interweaves cinéma vérité, interviews, and archival concert performances, and features scenes from an insightful and candid week spent with Jay, who reveals personal childhood stories and the struggles of life in Memphis.