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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death. So far that she gets on a tour with a washed-out glam-rock group and a rising British punk band, radically changes her appearance, attracts a cult following and national media attention. With luck like this, what could go wrong? (imdb)
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

1981
Comedy, Drama
1h 27m
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Avg Percentile 51% from 109 total ratings

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Rated 15 Dec 2016
61
12th
The kind of film that'd trigger plenty of write-ups given the storyline's prescient focus on manipulating media and its unapologetic riot grrl-power theme. But like its stubbornly unthinking 1-idea heroine, the film's relative "achievements" don't seem to come from thought or skill, but persistence, happenstance & fans who think apathy's a profound idea. Except for Lane, Winstone & a really catchy song this is amateurish in almost every way and only accidentally interesting.
Rated 23 Jul 2010
75
42nd
Classic for any punk girl. The sound track is amazing, too.
Rated 11 May 2014
51
49th
i loved how there are no heroes in this film, everyone gets both a piece of the glory and a dragging through the mud.
Rated 22 Jun 2014
70
53rd
As a teenage girl this moved me.
Rated 06 Nov 2015
33
10th
The plot isn't exactly the worst I've seen for a film about this sort of music, but it could have done with maybe some actual actors and direction instead of a way too young to be leading anything Ray Winstone and er...actual musicians who can't act. For shame!
Rated 11 Jun 2016
3
24th
A worthwhile message that's poorly executed. No momentum at all and by the time things get going it fizzles out and abruptly ends.
Rated 09 Oct 2010
74
47th
Good music.
Rated 29 Dec 2012
19
16th
It's no Out of the Blue...
Rated 25 Jan 2013
55
51st
Interesting but really starts to fade as it goes on.
Rated 10 Apr 2014
53
68th
Three decades later and this film is as relevant as ever - artists and bands being commercial successful, despite mediocre or lacklustre musical skills, and medias role in creating those bastards. A very weak opening half hour or so, and a sell-out ending, bookends almost an hour with quite a few small hits. *Preview*: #14#, story, (ratings), Diane.L/7A4
Rated 12 Jun 2015
97
99th
Rewatch confirms it as the best punk movie ever made.
Rated 01 Jun 2016
3
38th
Corrine Burns is everything I want in a woman.
Rated 09 Aug 2019
80
68th
Lou Adler's follow-up to "Up in Smoke" did not test well with audiences and never got a full theatrical release, but it gained a steady cult following fueled by it's long delayed home video release. It deserves it. It's a sharp satire on commerce and artistic integrity, and it's the rare movie that deals with punk rock and has a very accurate picture of what the music should sound like.

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