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Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)

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Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 46
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 20

Gershon is a fierce rocker, but the plot is a cliche-filled melodrama.

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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 14
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 4

Gershon is a fierce rocker, but the plot is a cliche-filled melodrama.

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Jacki (Gina Gershon, who also served as a producer) has always wanted to be a rock star. But after years of struggling to make it, she's turning 40, and she's thinking of giving it up. "Do you ever think about being 50 or 60 years old, hauling our gear around, passing out flyers, fighting with bookers, and still sweating around?" she asks her bandmates. Faith (Lori Petty), the talented lead guitarist, gives guitar lessons to hyperactive teens on the side. Faith is seriously involved with the

Mar 9, 2004

Mac Releasing

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All Critics (53) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (26) | Rotten (22) | DVD (11)

The film has its sensibilities in the right place.

March 16, 2004 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
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Aside from Ms. Gershon's performance (none of the other cast members actually played), there's little to elevate the music -- or the movie -- above cliché.

December 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | Comment
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Played with the right combination of weariness and optimism by Gina Gershon, Jacki will be recognizable to any woman who has ever strapped on a guitar and plugged in, as well as to those of us who have encountered her.

November 14, 2003 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | Comment
Detroit Free Press
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A rock drama that's hung over with inauthenticity.

November 7, 2003 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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It's a raw and raucous rock story that, for once, gets the big picture and the small details right.

October 23, 2003 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | Comment
Chicago Tribune
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An ingratiatingly scrappy little movie.

October 22, 2003 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Entertainment Weekly
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There's a sharp sense of honest rock-chick energy that draws us into this film, even when its story takes a few overwrought and melodramatic turns.

April 5, 2005 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | Comment
Shadows on the Wall

Cult favorite Gina Gershon is at the top of her smart, snarly game...

August 8, 2004 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | Comment
Flick Filosopher

Gershon is the only reason to watch the film.

April 20, 2004 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Film Freak Central

Rock has always been about freedom and rebellion. Prey for Rock and Roll turns it into a tour of duty in purgatory.

March 31, 2004 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | Comment
DVDTalk.com

Too much of a morbid soap opera to be any fun or truly dramatic.

February 2, 2004 Full Review Source: Boston Herald | Comment
Boston Herald

While it gets a good deal of the background right, the picture stumbles in the dramatic department.

January 5, 2004 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | Comment
One Guy's Opinion

Edgy, intense, and thoroughly engaging. What makes this movie work is Gina Gershon - the movie rests squarely on her shoulders and she never gives a false note.

December 19, 2003 Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Prey for Rock & Roll

Movie about a rock band. This movie shows us themes about life goals, drugs, rape, friendship, etc. But I only found it so so.

September 3, 2007
Redlats

Super Reviewer

And this is why I don't like "indies". Are the people who write them incapable of happy endings? Or even a positive ending? I'd settle for a hopeful ending. But no. And it's a shame, because a film like this, that details an endless struggle, NEEDS an upbeat ending.

June 21, 2011
Lemure

Super Reviewer

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