Velvet Slagpile

Rating: 3/10 (23 July 2005)

I'm a glam rock aficionado, okay? I admit it and I am not ashamed. I grew up listening to the whole glam gamut - from The Sweet thru Bowie via Jobriath and all the rest. This film promised so much more than it delivered. It looks cheap. The Wilde references are pretentious nonsense. And Brian Slade/Maxwell Demon? Maybe he could have faked his death whilst trying to act his way out of a paper bag and expired with the effort? He'd have had me convinced!
Toni Collette is marvelous as always - and totally wasted on this pile. The original music is also surprisingly good. But the script is more Velvet Slagpile than Goldmine. Ewan "Any excuse to get my privates out" McGregor's acting talent and singing ability were noticeable by their absence.
This should have been so much better.