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The Dirt

The Dirt

Drama · Music · Comedy · 2019

The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.

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The Dirt

“Their music made them famous. Their lives made them Infamous.”

2019 Drama · Music · Comedy 1h 48m

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TMDB

7.4 / 10

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The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jeff Tremaine

Written by

Rich Wilkes · Amanda Adelson

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Vince Neil

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Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.