
Unimpassioned look at the lives of struggling L.A. scene rock stars follows main character, Gwen, on her quest for the top. Working as an assistant to a film production designer, she tries to steal her boy friend who is a music producer by offering sexual favors. The producer meanwhile is trying to orchestrate a comeback for a former glam band played by Michael Des Barres (of Power Station fame), John Taylor (from Duran Duran), and Martin Kemp (from Spandau Ballet). Rosanna A... (Full plot summary below)
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Unimpassioned look at the lives of struggling L.A. scene rock stars follows main character, Gwen, on her quest for the top. Working as an assistant to a film production designer, she tries to steal her boy friend who is a music producer by offering sexual favors. The producer meanwhile is trying to orchestrate a comeback for a former glam band played by Michael Des Barres (of Power Station fame), John Taylor (from Duran Duran), and Martin Kemp (from Spandau Ballet). Rosanna Arquette plays the former movie star wife of the lead singer, who is fretting because she has just been offered the role as the mother of one of the new ingenious. Beverly D'Angelo also shows up as a millionairess who agrees to bankroll the group, but only if she gets a roll in the hay with the lead singer. All of the career problems, including drug proclivity, are represented in this film.
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| Portland OregonianDiana Abu-JaberThe moments of accidental sweetness that emerge from these odd, ultra-lives are meltingly funny and touching. |
| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyA far more trenchant - and funnier - satire of the fame-afflicted than Woody Allen's "Celebrity." |
| San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamIsn't vicious. It's just cheerfully mocking as it courses the canyons and flatlands of Los Angeles. |
| New York PostJonathan ForemanA real pleasure, a sweet, funny, ensemble comedy...utterly authentic. |
| Film Journal InternationalShirley SealyBreaks new ground in the way it so sympathetically looks at its loony leading characters. |
| NewsweekDavid Ansen(There's) a half dozen other deftly sketched show-biz desperadoes who make this slight but tangy sleeper such an unpretentious delight. |
| Dallas ObserverBill GalloSugar Town's tunes are terrific, and the writing is sharp. But the typecasting is a work of genius. |
| Mr. ShowbizKevin MaynardThere's lots of sweet music to savor in this snide industry satire. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertCuts between a rich assortment of characters; it's like a low-rent, on-the-fly version of Robert Altman's "The Player" or "Short Cuts." |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThat durable, sexy powerhouse Beverly D'Angelo steals every scene she's in. |