SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Shane Crilly Like Eve in "All About Eve", Corrine "3rd Degree" Burns is on a mission to stardom. She's not especially talented, but she's on fire with rage, rebellion, a cunning desire and a sense of meta-betrayal that strikes a chord in her fellow teen girls.She parlays a television interview into a club gig with her band of two cousins and herself, two rehearsals under their belt and a trunk full of costumes. The girls can barely play and the cousins leave the stage in defeat. Corrine (Diane Lane) doesn't however. She plays the audience and everyone else as she switches personae and stances. She seems to reveal herself as the young vulnerable but twice in the pic, - in opening herself up to singer Billy, (Ray Winstone) of headlining band the "Looters" and to her agent and quickly regretting returns to her hard-edged persona.The character comes alive in Lane's hands and this lifts this movie out of the general mass of rock movies. The cast lends solid support and it helps that all the musicians are played by musicians. The music is right too.

Jakemcclake SpoilersThis movie written, by Nancy Dowd, who is identified a Rob Morton in the movie credit, had strong philosophical statements. For example: "The thing is man, be yourself, because if you're not yourself, you're nobody." "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die." "Come see me and come live with me are two different things" "You're just another girl, lining up to die. Sucker! Suckers! Suckers! Be yourself!" I felt this should have gotten a lot more notoriety. The only place to see this was on late night cable (It was never was on VHS, and it was only in a handful of movie theaters). The anger throughout this movie, the fact that one rock group gets famous stealing another rock groups song, little girls wearing see through blouses and the naked lovemaking scene between a 15 year old girl and a 23 year old man in the shower, may have caused the shelving of this movie for decades. When I watched this movie in the 80's I had never seen anything else with Diane Lane and as a result, I thought Diane was a very angry young (15 year old) lady who sings and was really into her rock music. Years later most of us know her to be anything but an angry rock singer, which also tells you that she is a great actress and played this part well. The songs and music are forgettable, except I did like the reggae song "Moving", which is worth a listen. That song first plays when they are on the tour bus and they leave Charlestown, Pennsylvania. Diane Lane and Laura Dern's comments about the movie on the DVD are worth listening to. This movie has inspired several all female rock groups, like "Bikini Kill" and it developed a strong following. Therefore, it finally, was released to the public on DVD. But consider it can take six weeks to get a copy of it, so you may just want to rent it. It is worth a view. Go ahead and see why it is a considered a cult classic.

moonspinner55 Unreleased theatrical feature financed by Paramount was once an '80s staple on the USA network (in their weekend "Night Flight" movie slot). It's a satirical comedy-drama with music which finds angry, rebellious teen Diane Lane caught by reality-TV cameras getting fired from a fast food restaurant; soon, she, her sister, and a cousin hit the road with their barely-rehearsed punk band and find failure, success, unintended exploitation, and life's little ironies outside of their blue-collar town. Reminiscent of the later "This is Spinal Tap", the film has a sense of humor far more sly, less forced and obvious. Lane is so tough at first, one doesn't know how to respond to her (she pushes everyone away); somewhere down the line she begins to soften and becomes more flexible, and you see the desperation underneath her scowl--you see her pathos just once, when she gives the bus-driver money for his brother (a subtle scene that speaks volumes). Harsh in both its writing and directing, unblinking in its teenage hostility, the film still manages to be funny (intentionally so) and with a cutting edge; it's like a breath of fresh air to the disenfranchised. *** from ****

lemmeupgradeu Ladies & Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains may not be the best film to come out of it's time.. but it certainly is not the worst. Many fans of this film probably know it best from when it aired on VH1 a few years back. Most "film buffs" probably have not even heard of it! It is a "fun" film, nothing too deep.. If you've ever considered yourself to be "punk rock" then you would probably enjoy this film. A few former Sex Pistols have roles in Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains. If you get a chance to see this movie I recommend it, but don't expect a masterpiece. It's just a film every post-punk should see. And always remember, The Stains do NOT put out!