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2012
Not Rated
Well Go USA Entertainment
1 h 43 m

2012
Not Rated
Well Go USA Entertainment
1 h 43 m

Summary When Nirvana burst onto the scene in 1991, the music industry was completely transformed in a way nobody expected...especially the young musicians who went from sharing tiny Seattle apartments to international superstardom, sometimes overnight. Just three years later, the drug-related deaths of several prominent musicians, capped by ...

Directed By: P. David Ebersole

Written By: Todd Hughes, P. David Ebersole

2012
Not Rated
Well Go USA Entertainment
1 h 43 m

2012
Not Rated
Well Go USA Entertainment
1 h 43 m

Hit So Hard

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews

52

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

7.3

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Summary When Nirvana burst onto the scene in 1991, the music industry was completely transformed in a way nobody expected...especially the young musicians who went from sharing tiny Seattle apartments to international superstardom, sometimes overnight. Just three years later, the drug-related deaths of several prominent musicians, capped by ...

Directed By: P. David Ebersole

Written By: Todd Hughes, P. David Ebersole

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews

23% Positive
3 Reviews

69% Mixed
9 Reviews

8% Negative
1 Review

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews

23% Positive
3 Reviews

69% Mixed
9 Reviews

8% Negative
1 Review

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San Francisco Chronicle

Apr 26, 2012

An absorbing, educational, sad, humorous and ultimately uplifting film that is easily accessible and entertaining even for those not familiar with the grunge rock scene, or with the considerable role that Schemel played in that milieu.

Portland Oregonian

May 24, 2012

It's a long film for such a familiar story.

By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 12, 2012

Emotions run raw in this behind-the-scenes look at drummer Patty Schemel and her drug-fuelled run with the 90s grunge rock band, Hole.

By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

Apr 16, 2012

There's a better documentary to be carved out of Hit So Hard, but not necessarily a great one, because the gossip and drug-fueled capers offered up by Love are simply more compelling than the tremulous course of Schemel's life. Here, as then, Schemel plays backup to history.

By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW

Apr 13, 2012

It's perhaps unsurprising that Love - and her late husband, Kurt Cobain - even manage to steal the show in a documentary about Schemel's life.

Apr 10, 2012

Unfortunately for Schemel, director P. David Ebersole seems to think these pop-up video footnotes are a substitute for narrative development and, more or less, forgets to edit down the rest of the tediously paced rockumentary.

Apr 8, 2012

P. David Ebersole so busy flitters from one point of interest to another that Hit So Hard never coheres into anything other than a collection of rock-star clichés.

By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

50% Positive
3 Ratings

50% Mixed
3 Ratings

0% Negative
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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

50% Positive
3 Ratings

50% Mixed
3 Ratings

0% Negative
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Details

Production Company The Ebersole Hughes Company, Tight Ship Productions

Release Date Apr 13, 2012

Duration 1 h 43 m

Rating Not Rated

Genres

Tagline The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel

Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hit-So-Hard/119115168157400

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Awards

Philadelphia Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

GLAAD Media Awards

• 1 Nomination

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