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Prey for Rock and Roll

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
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Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Musical
Written by:
Cheri Lovedog
Robin Whitehouse
Directed by: Alex Steyermark
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 26, 2003
DVD: March 9, 2004
Running Time: 104 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for language, sexual content, drug use and brief violence
Starring Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Lori Petty, Marc Blucas, Ivan Martin, and Eddie Driscoll
This funny, sexy tale of friendship, passion and survival stars Gina Gershon as a rocker struggling to keep herself and her all-girl band together. (MAC Releasing)
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What The Critics Said
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Variety Ronnie Scheib
Emerges as an engaging, upbeat saga of an all-girl band on its way to nowhere in particular. Helmed by ace music supervisor Alex Steyermark and written by punk rocker Cheri Lovedog, pic feels authentic from first frame to last.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
An ingratiatingly scrappy little movie. It's been cobbled together out of a great many conventional crises (drugs, abusive boyfriends, heartless girlfriends, a looming record deal), yet there's a tough and appealing vitality to the way that it embraces the petty ego-tripping and party-down squalor of the rock lifestyle and stands apart from it at the same time.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Loren King
It's a raw and raucous rock story that, for once, gets the big picture and the small details right.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
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.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Manohla Dargis
Some of what happens feels real, a lot doesn't, but even when the screenplay groans with clichés, the four lead actresses play their parts with truckloads of heart.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
The musical numbers are the only real drag on this otherwise odd and appealing picture.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
Becomes almost laughably melodramatic and wields just about every rock-movie cliché in the book.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The music is generally undistinguished, with the exception of the searing "Every Six Minutes."
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
As a vehicle for Gina Gershon to strut her provocative stuff, Prey for Rock & Roll is a rock & roll fantasy come to life.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
The movie deflates, but you still can't take your eyes off Gershon, who does her own singing, is fearless in the one girl-on-girl make-out scene, and is mesmerizing throughout -- an underused Barbara Stanwyck in a Gwyneth Paltrow age.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
If the movie is terrific on ambience and street language (the women call one another Dude), much of its melodramatic story involving a rape and payback feels forced.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
An actress of magnetizing screen presence whose inability to land choice roles can only be attributed to her post-TRL age, Gershon easily identifies with her character, giving her performance an edge that this lazy, punked-up melodrama otherwise lacks.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Laura Sinagra
Unfortunately, despite pretty-on-the-inside performances from the four kickass Clamdaddies, too many extra shake-ups end up crowding out the characters, and distract from the easy camaraderie and slice-of-life intimacy that lures us into their van to begin with.
Read Full Review >Premiere Peter Debruge
When confronted with real problems--and there's enough melodrama here to top a movie-of-the-week marathon on Lifetime--these otherwise empowered characters seem helpless to defend themselves.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
The casting alone should warn you about what kind of bottom this movie's going to hit.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White
If it sounds like Prey for Rock and Roll might be fun despite its shortcomings, it is not. Even those with a predilection for bad movies about rock 'n' roll should avoid this one.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Kayla L. gave it a10:
This movie is as of right now my all time favorite movie, but it seems I can't buy it anywhere except online. Gina and the others did a great job & to me is a gift from the Gods of Rock 'N' Roll! P.S. If you like the movie, you'll love the soundtrack!
Kathy M. gave it a 9:
These ladies hit it right on. The film was convincing from the beginning. Gina Gershon was perfect for this as was Drea de Matteo. Anyone who ever lived the lifestyle can relate. The one liners were hysterical, the sadness overwhelming, and most of the music was very good. Why this film hasn't done better is beyond me. I loved Jacki's struggle with the age thing...it is hard to be an older rocker amid a much younger crowd. I bought the DVD and now I want the CD. Someone needs to give this film another chance at the box office.
Jennifer F. gave it a 9:
I think the movie was awesome. The music was fucking great! It was a great story and very funny, that i didn't expect...everyone was convincing as hell as rock stars. I loved it!!!
Jonathan H. gave it a 3:
For some reason i had high hopes that this might be a great movie, now i know better, Gina Gershon is okay, but that's about it.
