What About Me (2003)

WHAT ABOUT ME portays the gradual deterioration of Lisa Napolitano (Rachel Amodeo) a young women forced to exist on the streets, intermingling with the outcasts of society. Along the way she encounters a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran, Nick (Richard Edson

not bad for low budget indi film

If you bear in mind that this is a low budget independent film, it's enjoyable. It's gritty, seeing nyc's lower east side before gentrification is pretty cool, many of the scenes seem authentic, and some of the characters are very humorous. The plot is a little choppy, the now-dead punk icons (thunders, nolan, dee dee ramone) make cameo appearances in scenes that have little to do with the plot-- but it's good to see them. The scene with dee dee is actually so dee-dee, if you've ever seen an interview with dee dee. Richard Hell is the exception-- he has something of a role and for once plays a nice guy (in 'smithereens' and 'blank generation' he played not very sympathetic character roles). You also get to see Maryanne Bracken-- who plays main character "Lisa"'s aunt (Bracken is Johnny Thunders' sister). And the film is short enough that the weaknesses don't become too detracting to the enjoyment of the film. May 8, 2007

Please kill me!

What About Me is fascinating as an historical footnote of the East Village music and/or drug scene of the 1970s.
However, as for acting skills, Rachel Amodeo's monotone voice could call forth bats from Hates.
The acting was so bad as to be comedic
As for screenplay? You've got to be kidding.. . ?

The best part of the movie are all the cameo roles from ghosted musicians victims of drug overdoses.
On a positive note, the social commentary on Tompkins Park was memorable.

What About Me certainly ranks as a cult film, right up there with Revenge of the Killer Tomatoes . . . January 13, 2004

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