Seattle: The grunge girl band "No Exits" is just about to get a record deal. At this time Jimmy is appearing again, the former boy-friend of the band guitarist Shelly.
Director: Kristine Peterson
Stars: Molly Gross, Jason Bortz, Marisa Ryan.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117664/
Watched online, poor print.
25 songs in the Soundtracks, some songs performed by cast onscreen.
Complications of a bi-sexual band member who's involved with a bandmate.
I really didn't understand what "cause" the band was promoting, only that both bandmates shown on the poster mentioned it, possibly more than once. When the blond left to become an activist in DC, she found a senator's aide, and started talking about women's issues, just that terminology, we exited before hearing more specifics.
The blond beat up a guy who attended their show because he had raped the gf some time back.
Gf returns to her old bf, and gets kicked out of the band by the blond. He (bf) was friends with her rapist, who was only back in town briefly. Blond wrote a letter to his employer and he got fired; later we hear he raped a colleague from work and had been arrested.
Gf & bf live together for a while in a friend's garage, and he decides to get a job at Microsoft so they can raise their standard of living. But the band has an audition for a record label, and he didn't tell her about it, so she gets mad and moves back in with the band, but intends to be platonic with the blond.
At their audition gig, bf and his former roomie attend, and blond demands they leave the venue before the band plays. They don't, she storms out, and gf carries on with the others. But some in the audience are hostile and throw things at the band. They finish the song and quit too. But the record label liked it; edgy & chaotic sells.
We see later that gf is giving an interview (or pretending in the mirror) about some other band, and expresses her desire to f*ck the leader (female). So I'm guessing she doesn't go back to bf.
Meanwhile, bf has been given the record store when he used to sell his 'zines and hang, and we see him behind the counter fulfilling the mission of this punk/grunge/whatever store.
Amazed that I got through the film. Avoid.
Rated 5.2 (266)
indie, dir. Peterson; 5-
