Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

tpaladino This isn't the worst movie ever made, but it certainly isn't worth all the praise I've read about it either. It's a good enough cult film I suppose, but even as such it's unremarkable in pretty much all aspects other than as a time capsule of early-80's teen/punk rock culture. Also, you get to see Diane Lane's underage boobs, which is also a plus. Not quite sure how they managed to pull that one off. Anyway... the story had a lot of potential to be compelling and provocative, and the premise was certainly ahead of it's time, but overall it still managed to fall flat. At no point do you truly feel involved, and there are a lot of points that just don't make much sense at all. Still, as a look into that particular era, it's worthwhile viewing. Also, teen boobs.

maphubaird I am one of many fans of this movie with money ready to spend on an official DVD release.I'm sure the only reason it has not been release is bureaucratic one. Some bright spark at some office needs to use their initiative and turn this little gem into a modest fortune.It is music history.Its got some big names in it.Mobilise the potential in this please.If the master reel has been lost, use one of the 35mm movie theatre prints that are knocking about.

mgconlan-1 The oddest thing about this movie was that it was produced and directed by Lou Adler — an important manager in the 1960's and 1970's whose most important artists were the Mamas & the Papas and Carole King (just the man for a punk movie!) and that it's a no-holds-barred vision of the rock world as cynically exploitative and manipulative, taking honest expressions of teen angst and turning them into phony commodities. One wonders whatever possessed Adler to make a movie exposing the seamy side of the business that had made him rich enough to produce a major-studio feature film! Aside from that, it's a sometimes dull, sometimes stupid, sometimes incredibly compelling movie held together mostly by the marvelously deadpan performance of Diane Lane in the female lead. Adler's direction doesn't have the excitement we expect from a rock 'n' roll movie but it's serviceable, and Barry Ford's performance as the Black bus driver who's the voice of reason is quite good. Incidentally, it occurred to me that the story might have been inspired by the real-life band the Shaggs, three no-talent teenage sisters who recorded an album called "Philosophy of the World" in 1969, funded by their father and released privately. They developed an Ed Wood-style so-bad-it's-good following and copies of their album went for four-figure sums until it was recently released on CD.

refkim1 I was a student in high school when the film crew and actors/actresses came to Vancouver, British Columbia Canada to film this movie.They had a radio contest at the local radio station called 14 CFUN and they wanted people to come down to the radion station to sign up to be "extras" in the movie. I had never done this before, but took a chance and was selected. I was to play a "skunk".We filmed down at the exhibition grounds of the P.N.E. {Pacific National Exhibition}. I missed 3 days of school to do this movie and had the time of my life! Actually, it was even more fun when I found a friend of mine was also picked as an extra.I remember meeting and getting the autographs of the Sex Pistols and Clash members who were there. I actually didn't even know that there were other "stars" in this movie until I had found this website and saw the cast list.I also remember eating way too much "White Spot" {burgers and fries}. It seemed like that is all they fed us. I had been "called back" for a 3rd day of the shoot because they had chosen me for some "close-up shots".....much to my surprise. I remember the costume and the makeup that we wore as "skunks". We all wore see-through red blouses with very high pumps on our feet. The makeup was kind of "skanky" and the big white stripe that they put down the middle of your hair. I can barely remember what we looked like.I signed a contract with Paramount Pictures when the movie was still called "All Washed Up". I never did see it. Actually, when I was in Waikiki, Hawaii a couple of years later, we had been watching "sumo wrestling" on one of their channels and had fallen asleep. When I woke up, the credits to this movie were scrolling by!!!!!I was soooooo upset about it, because I had never even seen the movie.I have still yet to find this movie and would like very much to attain a copy of it on DVD.