Comedy, Music, Drama
Lyla Riley is in a punk band -- Minor Illusion. They suck. Regardless, she perseveres with her best friend Rob on guitar, numbskull drummer Sean and showboat bassist Pete. Minor Illusion's pathetic existence vexes Lyla's older sister Stephanie, a former punk turned 9-to-5 suit. Through lineup changes, borrowed cash, shitty gigs and drunken nights, Lyla and the band journey through the perils of Chicago's DIY music scene to get their shot at adequacy.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
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Airplane!
Policewoman
The Front Page
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at Rockpalast
The Deadly Look of Love
Do the Right Thing
Scarface
Control
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
The Fugitive
Perfect Girl
Pepi, Luci, Bom
What to Do in Case of Fire?
Some Like It Hot
High Fidelity
School of Rock
Chicago
Stockholms negrer
Primal Fear
SIMILAR MOVIES
I Am Alone
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2016
In an attempt to cope with his loneliness, Adam tries to build his own Frankenstein's monster.Airplane!
IMDB 7.3 | Jun , 1980
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.Policewoman
IMDB 6.5 | May , 2000
A young police woman is faced with the difficulties between her responsibilities at work and her personal responsibilities.The Front Page
IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 1974
Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at Rockpalast
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1977
Frontman/guitarist Tom Petty, guitarist Mike Campbell, bassist Ron Blair, keyboardist Benmont Tench and drummer Stan Lynch opened their taping at WDR Studio-L in Cologne with the rarity “Surrender.” A cover of Chuck Berry’s “Jaguar and Thunderbird” was performed next, followed by “American Girl.” Other well-known originals filling out the setlist include “Listen To Her Heart” and “Breakdown.” The taping concluded with back-to-back covers of Bobby Troup’s “Route 66” and The Isley Brothers’ “Shout.”The Deadly Look of Love
IMDB 3.7 | Jul , 2000
Janet Flanders is a small-town, unsophisticated young woman who is seduced by the fantasy of romantic love; she believes that someday her prince will come to sweep her away. Then she meets handsome Brett Becker; she believes she's found the man of her dreams -- little suspecting he is engaged to marry a wealthy socialite. Deep into her illusion that Brett loves her, she moves to Chicago to be closer to him, deluge him with calls and love notes, tells her family about her boyfriend Brett, and buys an engagement ring. Her obsession with him leads her from intrigue and eventually to murder.Do the Right Thing
IMDB 7.8 | Jun , 1989
Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.Scarface
IMDB 7.4 | Apr , 1932
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.Control
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2007
The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
IMDB 6.1 | Jun , 1970
An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.The Fugitive
IMDB 7.5 | Aug , 1993
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.Perfect Girl
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2026
With only four spots available in a new K-pop supergroup and the final cut a week away, the competition is off the charts. When a talented and mysterious new girl is introduced at the last minute, things start to get strange — girls are being hunted and attacked one by one, but who is responsible for the carnage, and more importantly... who will make the final cut?Pepi, Luci, Bom
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 1980
After a young heiress is assaulted by a policeman, she seeks revenge by befriending the policeman’s mousy wife and introducing her to her circle of outrageous punk friends.What to Do in Case of Fire?
IMDB 6.2 | Nov , 2001
The humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists who lived as house squatters in Berlin during its heyday in the 80s when Berlin was still an island in the middle of the former East Germany. At the end of the 80s, they went their separate ways with the exception of Tim and Hotte, who have remained true to their ideals and continue to fight the issues they did as a group. In 2000, with Berlin as Germany's new capital, an event happens forcing the group out of existential reason to reunite and, ultimately, come to terms with the reason they separated 12 years ago.Some Like It Hot
IMDB 8.1 | Mar , 1959
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.High Fidelity
IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 2000
After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".School of Rock
IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 2003
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey risks everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.Chicago
IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 2002
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.Stockholms negrer
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1986
The film is about the band Stockholms Negrer, but also about what formed their music, about being Swedish but still being viewed as an outsider.Primal Fear
IMDB 7.7 | Apr , 1996
Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.