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Rating: 5.8/10 by 128 users

Her Smell (2019)

A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.

Directing:
  • Joshua Hartsoe
  • Pierre Zagdoun
  • Andreas O'Donohue Villaggio
  • Alex Ross Perry
  • Gordon Bell
Writing:
  • Alex Ross Perry
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Apr 12, 2019

Rating: 5.8/10 by 128 users

Alternative Title:
Нейният аромат - BG
Onun Kokusu - TR

Country:
Greece
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 16 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: concert, drug abuse, punk rock, recording studio, addiction, backstage, rock band, sobriety, mother daughter relationship, self destructiveness

Elisabeth Moss
Becky Something
Cara Delevingne
Crassy Cassie
Dan Stevens
'Dirtbag' Danny
Agyness Deyn
Marielle Hell
Gayle Rankin
Ali van der Wolff
Ashley Benson
Roxie Rotten
Dylan Gelula
Dottie O.Z.
Virginia Madsen
Ania Adamcyzk
Amber Heard
Zelda E. Zekiel
Eric Stoltz
Howard Goodman
Keith Poulson
Keith the Engineer
Jeremy Sample
Security Guard
Craig Butta
Scumbag Greg the Roadie
David Godlis
Photographer
Stephen Gurewitz
Broomfeld, Doc Cameraman
Andrew Nunziata
Clayton, Doc Boom Operator
Kelsey Kummerl
Concert Goer (uncredited)

GenerationofSwine

This is more along the lines of "What if Courtney Love fronted Bikini Kill...and Bikini Kill was still good despite her presence?" It's not a bad movie for 90s punk nostalgia. And it's not a bad movie to depict the punk scene at all. I think, honestly, that a lot of the negativity comes because the star is too close to a Courtney Love type to actually be someone people can tolerate to watch...and that is fair. I can't condemn that. But, from my take, I liked the concept and the execution. So I can't criticize it, even if it meant watching Love at her 90s lowest for the duration of the film and absolutely hated it now just as much as I did then. And, since that is what I believe everyone involved was going for, I have to say it was a good film. It's just a good film that is a hard watch and for obvious reasons.


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