Prey for Rock & Roll
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Movie Review: Prey for Rock N Roll
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a very interesting movie. I enjoyed it, but was hesitant at first. The music was to my great surprise really excellent. A very earthy, gutsy movie. I compliment all the actors also. They did an excellent job. It held my attention. If I get up after 10 minutes or so, then I know I don't like the movie. This one, I didn't.Movie Review: All my life, all I wanted to be was a rock 'n' roll star
Summary: 3 Stars
You know there's something wrong with a movie, when you have to wait forty minutes for the drama to develop, and when it does develop, its about a straight couple who's fantasy is a simulated rape scene. Unfortunately, for the couple, and for the movie the rape scene gets out of hand and an unfortunate lesbian becomes the recipient of the man's furtive desires. Obviously, this movie was a labor of love for Gena Gershon, but Prey for Rock and Roll is ultimately hampered by a bad script, a lackluster story, and some of the most dreadful garage singing that you're ever likely to hear.
Set in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, Prey for Rock and Roll follows the trials and tribulations of forties quasi-bisexual rocker Jacki (Gina Gershon). The lead singer in a semi lesbian all girl punk band, Jacki is getting on in years and worries whether she is ever going to make it big in a scene where the emphasis is on youth and vitality. Complete with bleached bangs and a collection of tattoos, she spends her days working in a tattoo parlor, while at nights she gets down and rocks out in seedy, grungy pubs. But tragedy seems to be constantly striking her band - one member develops a nasty drug habit, another member is brutally raped, and her lead guitarist is involved in a terrible car accident. The band members then join together and sing depressing (and terrible) songs about these problems. One realizes pretty early on why these girls can't land a lucrative record deal.
Gershon is undoubtedly edgy and sexy but her pseudo-lesbianism comes across as forced and unbelievable, particularly when she develops an attraction to Animal, the brother of one of her band members. Animal is played by the sexy Marc Blucas, although it would have been nice for his character to be more developed. Gershon is the only reason to watch the film, her performance is courageous mainly because she does her own singing and she has a kind of earthy, sexy appeal that lends itself well to this kind of character. The film raises some interesting questions about the ruthlessness of the music industry, but nothing is ever developed beyond the clichés of the over-the-hill manager, and the tragic (and misguided) connection of drugs with this kind if music. Mike Leonard October 04.
Movie Review: Every Six Minutes...
Summary: 3 Stars
...I can't make up my mind how I feel about this rock 'n' roll flick. On the positive side, Gina Gershon and Lori Petty are the two best reasons for watching this little epic which I suspect is more true for the average band than not. They both put in very good, gritty performances, and Gershon's hairstyle is really cool! It is obvious the cast and crew really believed in this story that I even bothered to rate it this high. Not familiar with the punk scene, I noticed that Gershon's vocals are very much on par with those of Chrissy Hynd's, and the band themselves reminded me of Joan Jett's old band the Runaways if they were still together now. The story, gratefully, doesn't have the phony-balony happy ending of so many of this persuasion, and I am grateful to see something that tells a story about the average band with a bit more truth than the usual rocker flick.
Now the bad stuff: Too many tragedies, too many lesbians, and really awful music. In fact, it was as if this film was taking itself way too seriously, so it got out of hand in its over-the-top plot quickly. Gershon was overly tattooed until she resembled a wall of display art in her character's parlor, and her own character had really bad artwork all over her body, like some kid drew on her when they ran out of paper. Everyone in this film also needed a friggin' bath, because it looked like a carnie convention. All that was missing were the corndogs and the tilt o' whirl.
With such mixed feelings about a rock movie whose heart I feel was in the right place, I still can't help feeling something is amiss and, no, it isn't the fact that Jacki peed on that contract in the end because of her "integrity." (Integrity? Is that when you're gay at first and then start slobbering all over your drummer's brother in the end?) "Every Six Minutes" is a really lousy song about rape. Well, every six minutes, I'm wondering if I like this trashy flick or if I want to pee on it.
Movie Review: ATTENTION JOE BOB BRIGGS!!+THEATRE OWNERS TOO!!
Summary: 3 Stars
OH, how I love gina gershon! is this movie worth your time?--if you like rock and roll, lesbians, tatoos, drinking+smokin and shooting(drugs). then this movie is for you. joe bob, would give this 5 star for all the FUFESTivities. lets see, lesbian fu, drugfu, tatoofu, hotbabefu, RRfu, rapefu, fightfu, beatinthehelloutofarapistfu, overweightmusicmgrfu and post cumshotvomitfu, need I say more. what I think is important to know is the movie does not need to be seen on vhs or dvd*---as my title suggests is that driveins take note, secondruntheatres who need something of a classic midnite show offering and anyone else who needs product to bring in customers. this movie would make a great nite rental* for some, showing for midnite viewers at theatres because it has everything a man or woman would want to see. I really do believe that this movie has that kind of potential!!*---*also of note is the cable IFC channel is showing several weeks of shows that are kind of like a MAKING OF+BEHIND THE SCENES look at this movie. you may have to order the channel it is not offered unless you pay more for it here--columbus, ohio. also of noteworthy notes is a mention to record promoters---the really good track in the movie is a song called EVERY 6 MINS. if the world can tolerate JANIES GOT A GUN and multiple songs of such---then this song should be played. PUT IT ON THE RADIO or release it as a single. my expertise in this area---I know when something sounds right!! any time I get to see GINA grrrr! with strutting, snarling, posing, frenchkissingfu, and general (...) on screen and stage. GET ME A TICKET. jh, ps, oh yeah--the movie is based on some woman who never made it in punk rock in the 80's ---hmmmmmnnnn?-------just see the movie will ya!!!!Movie Review: One for Gina's fans
Summary: 3 Stars
If you're a Gina Gershon fan, you're likely to give PREY FOR ROCK & ROLL a higher rating. She's the best thing about this clichéd musical drama.
The Clam Dandys are four female punk rockers (Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Lori Petty, Shelly Cole) who have been struggling to eke out a living as professional musicians. Just when looks as though they'll finally get their big break, relationships begin to implode as they learn how exacting the price of fame can be.
Although it's based on a semi-autobiographical play by co-scripter Cheri Lovedog, PREY FOR ROCK & ROLL is essentially the same old cautionary tale that the movies have been selling us for years. In fact, if you take away the punk rock milieu and the lesbian love scenes, what's left is a plot Elvis Presley used in about a dozen films. And like far too many Elvis movies, the songs in PREY FOR ROCK & ROLL are uniformly forgettable, making a convincing case that the group's obscurity really is deserved.
But Gina Gershon makes an extremely believable rock & roll chick (Gershon really has done live concert tours) and gives the film a credibility it otherwise wouldn't possess.