Prey for Rock & Roll
Mac Releasing | Release Date: September 26, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
10
Negative:
3
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80
VarietyRonnie 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
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen 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
75
Chicago TribuneLoren King
It's a raw and raucous rock story that, for once, gets the big picture and the small details right. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank 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
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Oddly, almost unrelentingly, grim. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesManohla 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
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The musical numbers are the only real drag on this otherwise odd and appealing picture. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen 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
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Becomes almost laughably melodramatic and wields just about every rock-movie cliché in the book. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The music is generally undistinguished, with the exception of the searing "Every Six Minutes." Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie 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
50
L.A. WeeklyChuck 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
40
The A.V. ClubKeith 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
40
Village VoiceLaura 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
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
A Sears catalog of rock 'n' roll cliches. Read full review
38
PremierePeter 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
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The casting alone should warn you about what kind of bottom this movie's going to hit. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill 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
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