inkblot11 Review of Face the Music

Face the Music (2001)

Face it, this film is a mild rip-off of Tootsie with a rock star plot, but it will entertain most

[6/10 · 14 July 2014]

Dan (Tyler Christopher) is a talented musician with his own rock band. His girlfriend also sings with the group. But, even though the young music makers have a record label, they are bound to the whims of the company, via their contract. When styles change, the music company drops the group, even though they were the ones that dictated what kind of music would be played. Then, Dan finds out that his girlfriend has been unfaithful. Its a lot to handle. But, he hatches a plan. Faking his own death, Dan becomes Danielle, the former star's cousin, who is Dan in drag, of course. He/she slowly works his/her way back up in the biz. Complications arise when a lady who works for an interested recording company, Claire, thinks of Dan only as Danielle. She has a bad crush on her older boss after all. What a complicated mess when Dan becomes so attached to Claire that he wants to unveil the secret! This film is a pretty obvious rip-off of Tootsie, even going so far as to having the main character tear off his wig in the middle of a concert and being too much in love with a woman to pretend any longer. Yet, it doesn't really matter. This film will find an audience among young fans who may not have seen the Hoffman flick and won't know that it has been done before. The young actors are attractive and talented and the costumes, sets, and plot have enough charm to carry the movie to its completion. No, one doesn't need to rush out today and find it but anyone who ends up choosing the film somewhere, somehow won't find it a waste of time.