Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 03/21/2003(USA
Release Date: 10/28/2003
Dubbed: English
Run Time: 87 Minutes
Flags: Adult Language, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs)
Distributor/Studio: Hart Sharp Video
Four young women are on the verge of becoming the new darlings of indie rock, if they don't kill each other first, in this independent comedy drama.
Fauna (
Zoe Poledouris) has been a minor fixture on the Portland, OR, indie rock scene for a while as lead singer with neo-goth rockers the Snogs, but after a quarrel with her boyfriend
Paulo (
Mikael Jehanno),
Fauna is given her walking papers, and soon the brazenly careerist
Fauna looking for a new vehicle to launch her latest bid for rock stardom. Opportunity presents itself in the form of the Paper Dolls, an all-female three-piece -- guitarist
Kali (
Nicole Barrett), bassist
Lavender (
Melody Moore), and drummer
Reggie (
Kinnie Starr) -- in need of a lead singer.
Fauna can give the fledgling Dolls some much needed cred, and when she learns that
Kali's boyfriend is
Levi (
Coyote Shivers), the frontman for rising pop-punkers the Suicide Bombers,
Fauna sees a relationship that can be profitably exploited. Eager to get their act together, the four Paper Dolls rent a house together, imagining that living together will help them tighten up fast. The plan works, and soon the Paper Dolls are the fastest rising band in the Northwest. Things look even rosier when the Suicide Bombers sign a deal with Pop-Up Records, an indie label poised to sign a distribution deal with a major label, and
Levi suggests to Pop-Up that the Paper Dolls would make good label mates. The Dolls score the much-coveted record deal, but all is not well at the Doll House --
Fauna and
Kali soon find themselves battling over
Kali's affections and the group's musical direction,
Reggie treats her boyfriend
Mulder (
Brendan O'Hara) like dirt while cheating on him with a handful of female fans, and
Lavender isn't sure if the band is more important than her relationship with her longtime beau
Clark (
Shawn Robinson).
Down & Out With the Dolls was written and directed by
Kurt Voss, who previously explored the West Coast rock scene in two collaborative features with
Alison Anders,
Border Radio and
Sugar Town, while
Zoe Poledouris,
Melody Moore,
Kinnie Starr, and
Coyote Shivers have all performed and recorded with a variety of rock bands.
Lemmy Kilmister of
Motorhead also appears in a supporting role.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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