SummaryA raunchy, wry and in-your-face tale of the fast rise and fall of an all-girl, four-piece Portland rock band, The Paper Dolls. (Whyte House Productions)
Directed By:Kurt Voss
Written By:Nalini Cheriel, Kurt Voss
Down and Out with the Dolls
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
45% Positive
5 Reviews
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27% Mixed
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3 Reviews
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The music is sensational, the energy level high, and Down and Out With the Dolls is a wise and funny treat.
70
Unaffectedly hip and affably manic, Down & Out With the Dolls picks up where "Singles" left off.
70
Like a good punk tune, the filmmaker's focused energy distracts from compositional flaws, all the better to enjoy visceral pleasures such as a spot-on Zoë Pouledouris as preening singer Fauna.
50
The performances are rough and sometimes amateurish, but that works in the film's favor more often than it doesn't -- there's none of the false slickness that comes with hot young actors playing rock 'n' rollers.
40
The results suggest a slightly more ribald version of "Josie and the Pussycats."
38
A great idea that never gets off the ground.
20
With no irony and no plot beyond Girls Have Band, Voss reduces Kali and Fauna to earnest Janus faces of Hole's schizo aesthetic.
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Production Company:
- Whyte House Entertainment
- Whyte House Productions
Release Date:Mar 21, 2003
Duration:1 h 28 m
Rating:R
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Awards
Melbourne Underground Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
