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Sticky Fingers (1988)

 -  Comedy  -  6 May 1988 (USA)
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Two girls try hard to find job as musicians. One of them play the cello and the other the violin. They have very little money, even to pay the rent. One day a friend (who is a drug dealer) ... See full summary »

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Hattie
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Lolly
Adam Shaw ...
Jean-Marc
Shirley Stoler ...
Reeba
Danitra Vance ...
Evanston
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Stella
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Kitty
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Diane
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Policeman
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Eddie
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Sam
Gwen Welles ...
Marcie
Elizabeth Kemp ...
Nancy
Pierre Gautreau ...
Jake
Katherine Cortez ...
Leslie
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Two girls try hard to find job as musicians. One of them play the cello and the other the violin. They have very little money, even to pay the rent. One day a friend (who is a drug dealer) ask them to keep a bag for some days. When the girls discover that inside the bag there are $ 900,000 they decide to take a loan, and then another and another ... Written by Michel Rudoy <mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx>

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bag | drug dealer | money | musician | violin | See more »

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Only these two could turn a fortune into a misfortune

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Comedy

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PG-13 | See all certifications »
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6 May 1988 (USA)  »

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Adespota dollaria  »

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$208,633 (USA)
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Lolly: You wanna hear something even more depressing? They don't want musicians anymore, they want people who can make a thousand noises with the push of one button.
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"Good Luck"
Words and Music by Allison Cornell
Performed by Allison Cornell
Arranged by Dan Higgins
Produced by Gary Chang
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Okay as a vision of the 80s, otherwise...
4 June 2007 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

If you're not a fan of the 80s, and you need to be a particularly strong fan, or of one of the two leads, there's nothing about this film to recommend.

The story, as others have said, is dull, almost an afterthought to the basic notion of the characters and the idea of making a slightly manic comedy. I watched it to about an hour, hoping it would turn a corner, a twist would occur or it would somehow kick into gear but no... It's not unwatchable, it's just dull. It goes by. It goes by with bits of running around madly, lingering shots of feet at strange angles, bits of shouting madly but I didn't get a real feel of energy or manic fun, it just came across as forced. Needless to say also, there was nothing to laugh at particularly. A bit of mild amusement here or there but nothing more.

Don't be fooled by the mention of feminism by the way, all it means in this case is that almost all the principal cast is female. If anything, it's actually cloying... Two female leads, fine, excellent, the drug dealer is female, okay, their landlord is a landlady, alright, their friends are female, okay, the only other person we particularly see who lives in the same building, oh, female... I wasn't on the lookout for that but after a while it felt like a conscious decision had been made to have the film cast that way and it felt, again, a bit forced and cloying.

On the plus-side, if you are a fan of 80s fashions and culture, there is plenty to see and if you're a fan of Helen Slater, she's fun and enjoyable to watch. There's also some screen-time for Carol Kane, which is great, but not enough...

Overall: 3/10. If you're a huge fan of the 80s, Helen Slater and Carol Kane, you could maybe stretch it to a 5 because of them, although there's still the fact it's a comedy which isn't funny, which hinders it substantially. If you're not a fan of those things, you might as well make it 0 because there's nothing much else to enjoy here.


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