Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

R

1982

1h 27m

Musical

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Corinne Burns (Diane Lane) is a typical frustrated teenager living in a nowhere town until she catches punk band the Looters. Bewitched by the whole punk scene, she and her fledgling band, the Stains, join the tour, and in no time at all become media magnets. The band forms a rabid following of young girls, while Corrine begins a relationship with Looters singer Billy (Ray Winstone). As the Stains get bigger and bigger, however, Corinne's ambition gets the better of her.

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Melissa Anderson

4Columns

06/19/2020

Corinne's inconsistencies play out in a film that abounds with them, tensions and discrepancies that likely reflect the conflicting visions of its makers but that take nothing away from the movie's feral vigor.

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Lynn Van Matre

Chicago Tribune

04/11/2019

Unfortunately, while the movie does a good job of capturing the tedium and frustration of life on the road for a struggling band, the majority of the rest of the film is neither believable nor funny.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

04/11/2019

This "exposé" is too familiar and too sloppily filmed to shock anyone.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Feb 22

2.5/4

Infuriatingly inconsistent.

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Kathy Fennessy

Seattle Film Blog

08/24/2024

3/4

It's a fun film in a lot of ways, and I can easily recommend it, but it's a troubling one, too, and I'm not even certain what it was trying to say in the end.

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Blake Howard

One Heat Minute

02/13/2023

3.5/4

“Incredible performances…the textures of this time, of band life… the milieu of this 80s, ‘Gen X’ youth movement…it [was] just unbelievable.”

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Hans D

@RT69071167 Jan 4

The performances are fine, but the story is weak and not at all compelling. Could have benefited from a good director and the music absolutely sucks.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 08/19/2023

All that works besides the acting is the music.

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euler n

@RT78607452 12/22/2021

Simple movie, with a good rock soundtrack. Good for nostalgy.

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07/06/2021

Diane Lane is a powerhouse in this even though she was so young. It's a good peek at punk and fame colliding.

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09/15/2020

I'm not sure there many movies that are more punk than the Fabulous Stains. A film where a young girl's desire to leave her mark on the world, ultimately turn her into the very thing she's lashing out against.

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04/08/2020

Cult classic about a teenage punk (Diane Lane) putting together a band with her sister and friend. They call themselves The Stains and go on tour with a punk band from England and a old metal band full of druggies. The film is enjoyable and the music is good.

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Synopsis

Corinne Burns (Diane Lane) is a typical frustrated teenager living in a nowhere town until she catches punk band the Looters. Bewitched by the whole punk scene, she and her fledgling band, the Stains, join the tour, and in no time at all become media magnets. The band forms a rabid following of young girls, while Corrine begins a relationship with Looters singer Billy (Ray Winstone). As the Stains get bigger and bigger, however, Corinne's ambition gets the better of her.

Director: Lou Adler
Producer: Joe Roth
Screenwriter: Jonathan Demme, Nancy Dowd
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Barclay's Mercantile Industrial Finance, Red Stripe
Rating: R
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2014
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Mono