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

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.

Jun 19, 2020

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Lynn Van Matre

Chicago Tribune

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.

Apr 11, 2019

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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

Apr 11, 2019

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Kathy Fennessy

Seattle Film Blog

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.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 24, 2024

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Blake Howard

One Heat Minute

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

Rated: 3.5/4

Feb 13, 2023

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Beth Horning

Sojourner

It's a completely "new-fashioned" brand of humor, light years from the I-Love-Lucy zaniness of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes or the cool, sophisticated repartee of Stage Door.

Aug 21, 2019

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Steve D

All that works besides the acting is the music.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/19/23

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euler n

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

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/15/20

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Steve A

Perfectly flawed film with a gem of a performance by Ray Winstone and Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, and Paul Simonon of The Clash. Not to be missed.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/07/20

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Lou Adler

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Diane Lane

Corinne Burns

Ray Winstone

Billy

Peter Donat

Harley Dennis

David Clennon

Dave Robell

John Lehne

Stu McGrath

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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, Red Stripe, Barclay's Mercantile Industrial Finance
Rating: R
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 12, 2014
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Mono

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