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Prey for Rock and Roll

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Prey for Rock and Roll reviews
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8.2 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 18 critic reviews
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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)

What The Critics Said

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80

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.

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75

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.

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75

Chicago Tribune Loren King

It's a raw and raucous rock story that, for once, gets the big picture and the small details right.

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70

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.

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63

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Oddly, almost unrelentingly, grim.

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60

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.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

The musical numbers are the only real drag on this otherwise odd and appealing picture.

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50

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Becomes almost laughably melodramatic and wields just about every rock-movie cliché in the book.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

The music is generally undistinguished, with the exception of the searing "Every Six Minutes."

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50

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.

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50

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.

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50

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.

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40

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

A Sears catalog of rock 'n' roll cliches.

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40

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.

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40

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.

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38

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.

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38

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

The casting alone should warn you about what kind of bottom this movie's going to hit.

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25

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.

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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.

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