Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains

Name: Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
Duration: 1 h 27 min

1hr 27m

1hr 27m
3.5/5 (2.3K)
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The media and disaffected teens mistake the acerbic rants of an obnoxious teenage punk rocker as a rallying cry for the women of America, launching her and her… More Details »

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Director:

Lou Adler

Producer:

Lou Lombardo, Joe Roth

Writer:

Nancy Dowd

Runtime:

1hr 27m

Synopsis

The media and disaffected teens mistake the acerbic rants of an obnoxious teenage punk rocker as a rallying cry for the women of America, launching her and her talentless group to national stardom.

Cast

Peter Donat
Diane Lane
Marin Kanter
Laura Dern
Christine Lahti
Janet Wright
Mia Bendixsen
Stuart Ferguson
Ray Winstone
Paul Simonon

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3.5

Aug 19, 2015

The moment of the movie, for me, is the girl at the Stains' first (disastrous) performance who looks up at Corinne Burns with a mixture of awe, wonder, and worship as Corinne unleashes her anger and contempt. This is the power and appeal of punk rock. The girl sees in…

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sophie b

Oct 22, 2021

“Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains” might not be the most revolutionary of band films, but it is one of the best ever made about the most essential aspect of revolution there is: The revolution of self-creation. Specifically, that of three teen girls from a dying…

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theriverjordan

Jun 7, 2016

You can tell this was directed by a dude.

97 Likes

Anika
Feb 15, 2021

PUNK LAURA DERN!!

94 Likes

AJ

Jun 18, 2014

So much to love about this movie. The pre-Spinal Tap metal parody that nonetheless ends with a moment of empathy when the band's bassist OD's and the erstwhile cocky, horny lead singer is stunned into near catatonia. Pistols and Clash players backing a baby-faced Ray…

69 Likes

Jake Cole

Nov 26, 2025

Hopefully Billy got his due writing credit on the professional song. The Stains have to be the worst fictional band ever at their first gig, with only one song and two practices, amazed they were invited on tour. Pretty uneven, not sure if it’s a coming of age story or an…

62 Likes

Pottlekid
Sep 13, 2022

Dern plays the bass because “dern” is the sound a bass makes

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Joe Rumrill

May 27, 2026

The riposte to the perennial “why is there no Spinal Tap for punks?” has always been self-apparent and accompanied with knowing quarter-exhale; we're already self-conscious of The Performance. From the moment we laid tracks to vinyl and splayed magnetic tape from House of…

24 Likes

treadyster

Feb 13, 2026

The film is a little 80's teen rock and roll gem with a bit of punk sensibilities. I had a hard time remembering if I had seen this before or not, as moments were fairly familiar but I couldn't place everything overall. Either way, the film easily holds that 80's teen…

47 Likes

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