I Hated This Pandering Fake Movie.

This movie is based on Cheri Lovedog's life. Cheri Lovedog wrote it with her girlfriend. It started out as a play at CBGBs and then was made into this movie. I have yet to see the movie. I just ordered it and should have it in a few days. I can't wait to see it. I have the soundtrack and absolutely love it, I play guitar along with it all the time. I am a huge fan of punk rock and am very critical of it, especially with todays wannabe bands and this is probably the best punk I've heard in a long time. I wish I would've known of Cheri Lovedog when she had her band going, but I was too young then. The Queen of Rock and Roll, Joan Jett, had a lot to do with this movie in the begining. She helped Gina learn to play the guitar correctly. I think that it is awesome that Gina actually plays and sings as well, and that she's actually good. I would have loved to have had the chance to catch Gina when she was touring with Girls Agianst Boys in support of this movie. I can't wait to see this movie and I highly doubt that my opinion on it will change after I see it. And as far as the rapes, beatings, and deaths taking place as sidenotes, well the main story line is about Cheri's band and her quest to make it big, and those are things that just happened along the line.

I'm a fan of both Gina Gershon and Rock n' Roll, so maybe I'm bias. However, I thought the movie was fine. In fact, I thought it was good.

The story isn't unbelievable at all. Beyond the fact that it's based on Lovedog's real-life experience, many of the elements of the movie reminded me of a real all-woman band that I listen to. If you're aware of how many bands were swimming around L.A. in the 80's, you'll know that stories like this one are in fact quite common.

As far as the rape and murder goes, I didn't feel that it was treated as a sidenote, it was just immediatly assimilated into the music. That's how they dealt with it. The point of the movie is that music is their entire way of life. Therefore, rape isn't sidestepped at all, it's dealt with very effectively.

I was looking forward to this movie but it was just awful... SO cliche. I listened to the commetary and the director is so earnest about it all but i don't think he sees what we see. He kept pointing out how certain parts got laughs and I thought certainly it was on a night when his family was in the audiance. I did not come close to laughing, not once. The movie cried out for humor. The girls took themselves so seriously. The acting is forced and self-conscious throughout... Drea De Matteo is very good, natural and organic with whatever cliche thing she is called on to do. But the others do not rise above the tired storylines. Turning 40 and still rocking is an interesting idea but it was sandwiches between, a death and a rape and a drug addict gets clean plot line... It reminded me of that Justine Bateman movie, Satisfaction. The musical numbers were hard to watch... Everyone looked like they were PRETENDING to be rock stars. I grew up going to all the punk shows on sunset strip. These girls would have been kicked off the stage and quickly...

I'm insulted by your poor review because you have no clue what' you're talking about. This movie is about passion... a woman's passion of making it in the music business. People DO speak in the dialog that they do in this movie... musicians do. this is a wonderful film, and if YOU like 24 Hour Party People and consider that music then you know nothing about it. Oh and you spelled riot GRRRL wrong.
you suck.... "the lesbian scene was cool" how typical.

Don't worry about those others ranting against your post... They're obviously delusional.

This movie bit, hard. The plot was nearly non-existant, the writing was horrific- especially those god-awful songs they sang. I don't know who lied to Gina Gershon, but she can not sing. If they'd gotten rid of that grating voice-over, dubbed over her singing, cut out at least half of each of their performances (when in movies do they ever play the complete song? It slows the action down way too much, especially when the songs are as cheesy and lame as these) and got rid of one of the little subplots... it might be ok. It's as if they tried to pack a lifetime into a months of these women's lives. Drug problems, rape, rape again, getting robbed, getting HIT BY A TRUCK?? but don't worry, they overcame all of their problems and still managed to keep their integrity.

The ending was a joke- that many people would NEVER show up to hear that band play. This movie made me embarrassed to be a woman.

PS - The girl-on-girl sex scene was also lame. Was she making out with the girl or checking her breasts for lumps?

This movie. is. terrible. I watched the entire documentary of "Rocked w/ Gina Gershon" and was actually looking forward to the movie...

I didn't see the play, nor have I seen Lovedog perform, and I will not discount the story itself, because the story is rather interesting from a biopic perspective. However...

Here's the main problem: Gina Gershon can't sing. Her voice is just plain awful. I am uncertain as to how she was even given this role, beyond having a 'rock-n-roll' look, per se. While I'm sure she is a cool chick, has talent in other areas, singing is NOT her forte, and should never be listed on her resume. She has to be tone deaf. I am not in the industry, but I really don't think it's not obivious how awful her voice sounds.

Going further, the screenplay is weak. The dialogue is cliche, contrived, and uninspired, as many have already commented here.

I was hoping for something more along the lines of the movie Smithereens, with good, edgy, '80s punk overtones. Nothing in this movie reminded me of the time it is supposedly reminicent of, there was nothing that struck me as fiercely inpendent about the storyline or made me care about any of these characters. Throwing rape, lesbianism, music, drugs, felons, tattoos, booze, and LA into one movie just seems to easy to me. What is unique about Cheri Lovedog's biography? Cause this movie certainly didn't showcase it.

I can see why the movie tanked like it did during the promotion tour that was included in the "Rocked" documentary.

I have to agree with champion...
Tho I love Gina Gershon as much as the next guy/girl, she was better in "Bound"....much better, more complex movie...
It was however, better than showgirls...but that was the worst movie in the history of movies...
The story was totally contrived and forced and it seemed to be a big vehicle for hot lesbo sex to me...granted, the chick who played gina's lover at the beginning was oh so hot,..and their scene was definitely hot...it's almost worth watching for that....but not quite..
I don't understand why people would want to make or watch a movie like this when you could watch "The Last Waltz" or The newest Led Zep DVD and see real musicians in action...or even just get off the couch and go to a freakin concert ...I guess some people must want to see this stuff...but not me...
Maybe kids would like it or somethin...who knows...anyone who knows anything much about music will run screaming the other way...I don't think there's any "subjective" about it...you could only like this music if your taste in music sucks...

You're not too young Champion, you're just right. I'm 30 and spent from 16 to 28 in an (eventually) professional, quasi-succesful band, and I concur with everything you said.