Synopsis
An 80s one-hit wonder band named The Suburbans reform for a special performance at one of the ex-member's wedding. At the wedding, a young record company talent scout happens to be in the audience and decides to give the now 40-ish performers a comeback push. The film attempts to take a satirical look at the music business of the 90s and compare it to the simpler 80s scene.
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Cast
- Craig BierkoMitch
- Amy BrennemanGrace
- Antonio FargasMagee
- Will FerrellGil
- Tony GumaRory
- Jennifer Love HewittCate
- Robert LoggiaJules
- Ben StillerJay Rose
- Jerry StillerSpeedo Silverberg
- Donal Lardner WardDanny
Recommendations
- 40
Film.com
Wants to be many things, but ends up being not much of anything. - 40
The New York Times
It's cute and jokey and has no particular edge. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
Slight, over-long. - 30
Variety
A mediocre ensemble comedy-drama that's not particularly funny, involving or even nostalgic. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Goes into a tailspin after its impressive setup. Its dramatic tactics become so tangled and diffuse that, by the end, you get the feeling that everything gets tied up too hastily. - 25
New York Daily News
A desperately unfunny comedy that wastes a brand-name cast. - 25
Chicago Tribune
The storyline isn't coherent, the music stinks, the characters are one-dimensional, the dialogue is insipid and it is neither funny nor romantic. - 20
TNT RoughCut
A miserable failure.
