A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Elisabeth Moss
Becky Something
Cara Delevingne
Crassy Cassie
Dan Stevens
'Dirtbag' Danny
Agyness Deyn
Marielle Hell
Gayle Rankin
Ali van der Wolff
Ashley Benson
Roxie Rotten
Dylan Gelula
Dottie O.Z.
Virginia Madsen
Ania Adamcyzk
Amber Heard
Zelda E. Zekiel
Eric Stoltz
Howard Goodman
Eka Darville
Ya-ema
Lindsay Burdge
Lauren
Hannah Gross
Tiffany
Daisy Pugh-Weiss
Tama
Jessie Pinnick
Kat
Yusef Bulos
Dymoke
Keith Poulson
Keith the Engineer
Jeremy Sample
Security Guard
Kentucker Audley
Roy
Alexis Krauss
Vivvy
Clive Piotrowicz
Baby Tama
Craig Butta
Scumbag Greg the Roadie
David Godlis
Photographer
Stephen Gurewitz
Broomfeld, Doc Cameraman
Andrew Nunziata
Clayton, Doc Boom Operator
Kelsey Kummerl
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Director, Screenplay
Alex Ross Perry
January 12, 2023
10
This is more along the lines of "What if Courtney Love fronted Bikini Kill...and Bikini Kill was still good despite her presence?"
It's not a bad movie for 90s punk nostalgia. And it's not a bad movie to depict the punk scene at all. I think, honestly, that a lot of the negativity comes because the star is too close to a Courtney Love type to actually be someone people can tolerate to watch...and that is fair. I can't condemn that.
But, from my take, I liked the concept and the execution. So I can't criticize it, even if it meant watching Love at her 90s lowest for the duration of the film and absolutely hated it now just as much as I did then.
And, since that is what I believe everyone involved was going for, I have to say it was a good film. It's just a good film that is a hard watch and for obvious reasons.