Elisabeth Moss
Becky Something / Rebecca Adamcyzk
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Homepage | http://www.hersmellmovie.com/ |
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Release Date | 2019-04-12 |
Runtime | 2h 16m |
Directors | Alex Ross Perry, Sean Price Williams, Joshua Hartsoe, Andreas O'Donohue Villaggio, Pierre Zagdoun |
Producers | Adam Piotrowicz, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Sherman, Matthew Perniciaro, Craig Butta, Alex Ross Perry, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos |
Writer | Alex Ross Perry |
This is more along the lines of "What if Courtney Love fronted Bikini Kill...and Bikini Kill was still good despite her presence?"
It's not a bad movie for 90s punk nostalgia. And it's not a bad movie to depict the punk scene at all. I think, honestly, that a lot of the negativity comes because the star is too close to a Courtney Love type to actually be someone people can tolerate to watch...and that is fair. I can't condemn that.
But, from my take, I liked the concept and the execution. So I can't criticize it, even if it meant watching Love at her 90s lowest for the duration of the film and absolutely hated it now just as much as I did then.
And, since that is what I believe everyone involved was going for, I have to say it was a good film. It's just a good film that is a hard watch and for obvious reasons.
— GenerationofSwine