Say five Our Fathers, ten Hail Marys, and watch Velvet Goldmine.

Rating: 2/10 (22 May 1999)

The music is "glam rock" or "glitter rock," which evidently is one of those kinds of pop music attending concerts of which will make a certain type of person feel as if he's starring in a more interesting version of his own life. A movie about fictional rock stars and the lives they lead is not a bad idea in theory. The problem with this particular movie is that the music sucks. As Beavis said on another occasion, it sucks so much, you need to find a new word for how bad it is. And there's so much of it, dear God. It goes on and on and on. Rent this one if you've done something terrible and need to atone for it.