Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Artivels Undescribable Perfection

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

nathanschubach As a huge Nine Inch Nails/Trent Reznor fan, I was going to see this movie at some point in time, and after seeing it, I thought it was pretty good. Joat Jett gives a pretty awesome performance throughout, and Michael J. Fox is solid but seems a little meek for this kind of role, to me. Michael McKean was a nice surprise in the band as well (for fans of Spinal Tap and his work on Christopher Guest's movies).This movie is all about the ambition of their "bar band" and trying to make your dreams happen, but there's not a lot to say about the plot of the movie. It's typical "my children don't believe in Jesus and are horrible to me" drama with an added twist that doesn't really make you sway one way or the other towards any of the characters. If you're a music fan, you'll appreciate the tale of how bands try and make their dream happen, but otherwise, it's kind of long for such a simple story and lacks the intrigue to keep watching after a certain point.

mckenzie2467-908-385498 Joan Jett was perfect in this movie, the bad-girl rocker rebel of the family. Michael J Fox was equally wonderful as the brother rocker in the middle. I liked the basic storyline, loved the music; the only bad part of the movie was once again, the Christian element on TV. Whenever there is a Christian element, it is always the same : the woman is the ruler of the house. The man is a brainless useless lump of flesh, and generally the Christian is a lunatic fanatic (note the 'blessing' before the meal). Not to mention in this one the whole concept was that the minister had sex with a young teen girl and got her pregnant. Why did the father have to be the pastor? Why did her father have to be a vegetable? Why did the mother have to be such an idiot? If you hate God, could you do us all a favor and keep it to yourself? The story could have been told very well, WITH the same basic plots, without throwing handfuls of waste at God. Slamming Christianity is one thing, but you got a bit carried away with it here.Regardless, Joan and Michael, along with many other great actors, delivered a great, turbulent, rock and roll movie. It was almost as good as it gets. Too bad some stupid writer had to chuck in his personal viewpoint of Christianity and make it into a "Let's trash the crazy sinner Christians" again movie.Although a critical part of the story was pathetic, the cast turned it into a hit anyway. Two thumbs up for the cast, and two thumbs down to the writer.Hope that's not your ONLY day job.

moonspinner55 Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett are an unlikely sibling twosome, living in Cleveland with Jett's illegitimate kid and hoping to get their rock-and-roll band off the ground (Fox struggles with an underwritten character, at once rebellious and responsible, while Jett talks with a thick, streetwise drawl suggesting she's from the opposite side of town). This downbeat movie has none of the spirit of Joan Jett's rock videos from the 1980s; a few of the camera set-ups are good, but the locations aren't especially well-captured and the music--integral to the story--isn't strong enough to provide the necessary uplift the soapy plot desperately needs. Fox has a solid scene fighting with his sister over her boy, although a whole sequence with him quitting the band over a shoplifting incident doesn't wash. Gena Rowlands is admirable as their mother (with a medical condition!), but there's too much of her and this plot-thread fails to build momentum. "Back to the Future" fans passed on this, and who can blame them? Despite being a personal project from writer-director Paul Schrader, his handling is pedestrian, sometimes awkward or unsure, and his dialogue doesn't have the canny ring of truth--it's all a blue-collar cliché. ** from ****

Motorskallen OK ... The soundtrack is awesome (since I just LOVE The Blackhearts), and the plot is a good idea. But I'm afraid the didn't use that idea too well. About a girl, who is a bit "lost", and who only care about her ambition to the rock band she's playing in. She's got a child, but who cares? This is rock and roll it's all about ... That's the most remarkable thing in the movie, when she cares less and less about her baby, and more about the band. Finally the kid calls her uncle "dad" ...So even if you love rock and roll (like I do), don't stay on drugs, don't mess your life up, don't give it all up for the music; dream big, live the life, but keep the family thing as the most important thing in your life.