Despite thinking both 'Gas Food Lodging' and 'Grace Of My Heart' had their moments, I have no strong feelings about Allison Anders one way or the other. I didn't watch 'Sugar Town' because of Anders, and certainly not because of her co-director Kurt Voss! (- shudder - I've actually seen 'Below Utopia') I only watched it because of its odd cast of former rock stars (ex-members of Duran Duran, Redd Kross, X and Spandau Ballet) and Rosanna Arquette (who I like) and Ally Sheedy (who I don't). The cast was so offbeat I was intrigued. The movie, despite my initial suspicions, wasn't a complete stinker, but neither was it an unheralded gem. The comparisons to 'Magnolia' on the back sleeve were really pushing it, I must say! Yes, the two share a similar multi-character story line, which owes a lot to Robert Altman anyway, but 'Sugar Town' is nowhere near as powerful as 'Magnolia'. It's a very light movie with little insight into human behavior. It's basically a comedy after all, concerning various people on the periphery of the L.A. music biz, some has beens and some wanna be's. There are a few amusing sequences, especially from Arquette and Michael Des Barres, but this isn't anything life changing. I can still vividly remember sequences from 'Grace Of My Heart' after five years, but I sincerely doubt I'll recall much of 'Sugar Town' after five MONTHS. It's a reasonably entertaining movie, but a pretty forgettable one.