BlazeLime
Strong and Moving!
Stellead
Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
AnhartLinkin
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Zandra
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
gobzine
First of all the movie is full of memorable quotes, I have been quoting bits and pieces of this movie since I first saw it in the late 80's. "What sort of 'production value' do you want for no money?" he he...It's fun, hilarious, clever, poignant, hip and full of great cameo's (Don Cornelius is masterful as Moe Fuzz).The music is top-notch too, gotta love 'Roscoes rap' by King Cotton and the Swanky Modes are great. We used to play this album on college FM radio back in the day when there WAS college FM radio.Kudos to director, Mike "Woolhat" Blessing (ok so the Monkees TV show was in re-runs when this movie came out! check out "Head" for another overlooked classic!
shebop-1
It's a next-generation Blues Brothers. Quick-moving visuals, good script, well executed. Funny, irreverent, and best of all the music is great. Love the two leads (Cusack & Robbins) and wonder if they remember having fun making this movie because it sure looked like they did. (Cusack can dance; Robbins can't.) Great to see some old-timers in the music roles - Sam Moore and Junior Walker, for two; plus there are several tunes I've never heard before so I got to hear and appreciate them for the first time. Cinematographywas well done. I'm surprised it's not a cult film for old r & b rock & rollers. The DVD came with a CD of the ending song "Ordinary Man" by the Swanky Modes (Moore & Walker), guaranteed to get you moving in your chair.
sampanaflex
starting with the opening credits with the song "bet your bottom dollar on me" and the line "dad put his fingers in it!" i knew this was a cult classic in the making. this film should not only be awarded posthumous awards for sheer, naked drop dead funny lines ("work time's over, drinkin' times begun") to obnoxiously funny music video parodies (can anyone forget the feathers in "my baby doll"?) to bobcat goldthwait as a pre-tony robbins influential speaker (cash-flow, cash-flow, cash-flow). my best friend and i watched this movie for years, and now a dvd release...to hell with extras, this is TAPEHEADS... btw, if anyone has the soundtrack....
cei
The chemistry between Cusack and Robbins is readily apparent in this off-beat comedy. The film is full of clever, yet not-so-obvious sight-gags including the casting of Zander Schloss as both a heavy-metal fan and an R&B concert-goer.Sam Moore and Junior Walker pair up as the fictitious band "The Swanky Modes" adding a number of very soulful tunes to the soundtrack. To quote Josh & Ivan in the movie "We love the Swanky Modes."
