Synopsis
In late 1980s Los Angeles, Jacki and her all-girl punk rock band, Clam Dandy, are trying to make it big. On the verge of turning 40, Jacki decides that if the band's one last shot at the big time is unsuccessful, she will give up her dreams of stardom. Along the way, the women are rocked by personal tragedies that threaten to break up the band before they can get their last shot at success.
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Cast
- Gina GershonJacki
- Drea de MatteoTracy
- Marc BlucasAnimal
- Shelly ColeSally
- Ivan MartinNick
- Lori PettyFaith
- Sandra SeacatJacki's Mom
- Ashley EcksteinPunk Rock Girl
- Shakara LedardJessica
- Eddie DriscollChuck
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
Emerges as an engaging, upbeat saga of an all-girl band on its way to nowhere in particular. Helmed by ace music supervisor Alex Steyermark and written by punk rocker Cheri Lovedog, pic feels authentic from first frame to last. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
While the story line often comes uncomfortably close to melodrama, Prey for Rock and Roll"... is an entertaining and sometimes even moving portrait of a veteran band that never quite hits the big time. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Some of what happens feels real, a lot doesn't, but even when the screenplay groans with clichés, the four lead actresses play their parts with truckloads of heart. - 50
L.A. Weekly
The movie deflates, but you still can't take your eyes off Gershon, who does her own singing, is fearless in the one girl-on-girl make-out scene, and is mesmerizing throughout -- an underused Barbara Stanwyck in a Gwyneth Paltrow age. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
The musical numbers are the only real drag on this otherwise odd and appealing picture. - 50
The New York Times
If the movie is terrific on ambience and street language (the women call one another Dude), much of its melodramatic story involving a rape and payback feels forced. - 40
The A.V. Club
An actress of magnetizing screen presence whose inability to land choice roles can only be attributed to her post-TRL age, Gershon easily identifies with her character, giving her performance an edge that this lazy, punked-up melodrama otherwise lacks. - 40
Village Voice
Unfortunately, despite pretty-on-the-inside performances from the four kickass Clamdaddies, too many extra shake-ups end up crowding out the characters, and distract from the easy camaraderie and slice-of-life intimacy that lures us into their van to begin with.
