I have fond memories of this movie and yet I know it was probably not that good. Nonetheless, I would love to see it again. The 1978 date makes me cringe, because it underlines just how uncool I was at 15 or 16 to have enjoyed the movie. But then again, that is what the movie was about: a bunch of uncool kids forming a band and competing with the cool kids in a battle of the bands.
This movie may be ultimately responsible for my hatred of Eric Clapton's I Shot The Sheriff, which seems to be the only song the cool band could play.
One of the effective scenes I remember from the film involved the Cotton Candy band members playing strip poker and the band leader halting the game, just as the girl in the band has to pay up by revealing it all to the male band members. As I recall the scene was quite titillating, and then just as suddenly sobering, as the band leader put the interests of the band ahead of a cheap thrill.
If memory serves, this movie is probably too sweet, innocent, and bubble gum to hold up well today, but I bought the Partridge Family Season 1 on DVD and would pick up this flick in a second as a guilty pleasure, if it was available. If I had to compare it to a modern day movie, I'd say it is close in feel to the following mixture: the quasi-innocence of Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, the rivalry of What A Girl Wants and the musical depth of the Lizzie MacGuire movie. And yes, I actually enjoyed all of those to some extent too.
This movie may be ultimately responsible for my hatred of Eric Clapton's I Shot The Sheriff, which seems to be the only song the cool band could play.
One of the effective scenes I remember from the film involved the Cotton Candy band members playing strip poker and the band leader halting the game, just as the girl in the band has to pay up by revealing it all to the male band members. As I recall the scene was quite titillating, and then just as suddenly sobering, as the band leader put the interests of the band ahead of a cheap thrill.
If memory serves, this movie is probably too sweet, innocent, and bubble gum to hold up well today, but I bought the Partridge Family Season 1 on DVD and would pick up this flick in a second as a guilty pleasure, if it was available. If I had to compare it to a modern day movie, I'd say it is close in feel to the following mixture: the quasi-innocence of Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, the rivalry of What A Girl Wants and the musical depth of the Lizzie MacGuire movie. And yes, I actually enjoyed all of those to some extent too.