The execution is as stale as the draft beer in some of the joints where the band entertains.
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09/30/03
Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)
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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:26
Rotten:20
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Gershon is a fierce rocker, but the plot is a cliche-filled melodrama.
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Two days before her 40th birthday, Los Angeles rock musician/tattoo artist Jacki (Gina Gershon) is considering throwing in the towel on her her dreams of stardom. As frontwoman for the all-female... [More]
Starring: Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Marc Blucas, Lori Petty
Director: Alex Steyermark
Reviews for Prey for Rock & Roll
[Gershon] is riveting as the driven and decent rocker who won't give up.
09/28/03
While the story line often comes uncomfortably close to melodrama, Prey for Rock and Roll, is an entertaining and sometimes even moving portrait of a veteran band that never quite hits the big time.
09/27/03
Top CriticStrong work from Gershon and her co-stars is sometimes squandered in Alex Steyermark's feature directorial debut, which keeps a nice crashing beat but could have benefited from some smoother arrangement.
09/26/03
'Prey for Rock and Roll' is as grungy and sleazy as a film about lesbian punk rockers who haven't made it by age 40 can be. It's also an exuberant celebration of the music life, no matter how dire, demeaning and heartbreakingly disappointing it can get.
09/26/03
Even when the screenplay groans with cliches, the four lead actresses play their parts with truckloads of heart.
09/26/03
Top Critic[A] smartly feminist exploration of what it means to wake up one day with too many tattoos and fading dreams of fame.
09/26/03
Top CriticDirector Alex Steyermark, making a fluid, textured debut, shapes this long, midfilm sequence like a thriller, and it works, but once it plays out, all that's left is the tension-free question of whether Jacki will quit the band.
09/25/03
Alternatively sharp-witted and bracingly sad, the film fixes firmly on Gershon's floppy, unruly bangs and never lets go.
09/19/03
Should appeal to fans of the riot grrrl scene and female-driven independent cinema.
09/17/03
Gershon and her cohorts make it all swing.
07/16/03
It never rises above -- or below -- being merely pretty good.
06/22/03
an effective musical drama about the dream that female rockers out there are still pursuing, often for years... that particular story is not told that often, which makes this film worth seeking out
05/02/03
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