Coolly stoned record producer Frances McDormand struggles to be a responsible role model for her uptight son Christian Bale and his sexually frustrated wife Kate Beckinsale, while shagging cheeky Britpop ‘star’ Alessandro Nivola. Though the music’s great (Mercury Rev, T. Rex, Roxy), Lisa Cholodenko’s languorous movie is more about the gaps in relationships than the rock’n’roll world.
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