''The Dirt'' is a 2019 American

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film directed by

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from a screenplay by

Rich Wilkes Richard "Rich" Wilkes (born 1966) is an American filmmaker and musician. His work is noted for its rooting in contemporary music and youth culture. Works As Screenwriter Wilkes' major-studio debut was as screenwriter of the 1994 film ''Airheads ...

and Amanda Adelson, about heavy metal/

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band

Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil. Mötley Crüe has sold over 100 million albums ...

. The film stars

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, Daniel Webber and

Iwan Rheon Iwan Rheon (, ; born 13 May 1985) is a Welsh actor, singer, and musician. He is best known for his roles as Simon Bellamy in the E4 series ''Misfits'', Ramsay Bolton in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', and Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars ...

. Talks of a Mötley Crüe biopic began as early as 2006, when

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and

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purchased the rights to the book '' The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band'' by the band and

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; however, the project then languished in

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for over a decade, going through numerous directors and cast members before

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purchased the rights in March 2017. Filming began around

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in February 2018. ''The Dirt'' was released digitally on Netflix on March 22, 2019. It received generally negative reviews from critics, who said the film would please fans but that it hesitated "in handling the more troubling aspects of the band's history."

Plot

In 1973, Frank Carlton Feranna Jr. walks away from his mother Deana after years of abuse and moves from

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in 1978. After a failed attempt to connect with his biological father who abandoned the family at birth, Frank legally changes his name to "Nikki Sixx" in 1980. A year later, after a falling out with members of

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at the

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, Nikki befriends drummer

Tommy Lee Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical ...

and reveals to him that he is forming a new band. Joining the band is guitarist

Mick Mars Robert Alan Deal (born May 4, 1951), known professionally as Mick Mars, is an American musician and the retired lead guitarist and co-founder of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. He is known for his aggressive, melodic solos and bluesy riffs ...

, who suffers from

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. The trio then recruit Tommy's high school friend

Vince Neil Vincent Neil Wharton (born February 8, 1961), best known by the stage name Vince Neil, is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, which he fronted from their 1981 forma ...

from the

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Rockandi as lead vocalist, and after some brainstorming, the quartet name themselves

. Despite a brawl with some crowd members, Mötley Crüe's first gig at the

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is well-received. They progressively sell out night clubs all over Los Angeles and rookie producer Tom Zutaut of

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approaches them with a five-album deal and they sign

Doc McGhee Doc McGhee is an American music manager, best known for working with hard rock bands Kiss, Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe. The latter two groups experienced their rise to stardom under his management. He has also worked with Hootie & the Blowfish. H ...

as their manager. During their first national tour, the band is given advice by

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to know the limits of their partying before he snorts some ants and licks his and Nikki's urine on the pool floor. Before long, the band's albums go platinum and they each spend millions of dollars as fast as they earn them. Vince marries mud wrestler Sharise Ruddell, while Tommy announces his engagement to a woman named Roxie, but after his mother calls her a

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, they get into a heated argument and Tommy punches Roxie in the face. On December 8, 1984, during a party at Vince's home in

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, Tommy meets

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while Vince and

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drummer Razzle drive out to buy more drinks and get into a car accident that kills Razzle and has Vince sentenced to 30 days in jail for vehicular manslaughter, which is subsequently reduced to 19 days. Nikki becomes addicted to

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and starts to display destructive behavior towards his bandmates. He fires McGhee for bringing Deana to visit him. On December 23, 1987, shortly after Tommy and Heather's wedding, Nikki overdoses on heroin and is initially declared dead, but a paramedic who is a big fan of the band brings him back to life with two shots of

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. Following this, Nikki has the band go to rehab. A sober Mötley Crüe rebounds in 1989 with '' Dr. Feelgood'', which becomes their first number one album on the

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, followed by a lengthy world tour. The months of touring and staying sober take their toll on Vince and Tommy, who resort to drinking again after being away from their families for too long. Following the tour, Vince discovers that Sharise and their daughter Skylar have left him, causing him to miss several rehearsals and eventually part ways with the band in 1992. The band then hires

John Corabi John Corabi (born April 26, 1959) is an American hard rock singer and guitarist. He was the frontman of The Scream during 1989 and the frontman of Mötley Crüe between 1992 and 1996 during original frontman Vince Neil's hiatus from the band. ...

as his replacement. In 1995, Skylar dies of stomach cancer at the age of four, while Heather divorces Tommy after he is caught having an affair with a porn star two years earlier. Mick starts to abuse painkillers as the disease is starting to overwhelm his body and movement. Seeing the backlash by fans over Vince's departure from the band, Nikki negotiates with Zutaut to give them back the rights to their songs in exchange for their release from Elektra Records. After visiting his father's grave, Nikki regroups with Tommy and Mick, who has had hip surgery, before they reconcile with Vince. Mötley Crüe would perform together for another 20 years, playing their final show on New Year's Eve 2015.

Cast

Nikki Sixx Nikki Sixx (born Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr.; December 11, 1958) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, bassist, and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Prior to forming Mötley Crüe, Sixx was a me ...

, Mötley Crüe's bassist :* Trace Masters and Vince Robert Mattis play eight-year-old and 14-year-old Sixx (then known by his birth name of Frank Feranna Jr.), respectively *

, Mötley Crüe's guitarist who suffers from

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(Machine Gun Kelly) as

, Mötley Crüe's drummer * Daniel Webber as

, Mötley Crüe's lead vocalist *

Pete Davidson Peter Michael Davidson (born November 16, 1993) is an American comedian and actor. He was a cast member of the NBC late-night sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' (SNL) for eight seasons, running from 2014 to 2022. Davidson's ...

as Tom Zutaut, an

executive *

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, Mötley Crüe’s longtime manager *

Leven Rambin Leven Rambin is an American actress. She is known for playing look-alike half-sisters Lily Montgomery and Ava Benton on ''All My Children'', and for her recurring roles on ''Grey's Anatomy'' and '' Gone'', as well as '' Terminator: The Sarah Con ...

as Sharise Ruddell-Neil, Vince’s wife who is a mud wrestler and a model *

Kathryn Morris Kathryn Morris is an American actress, best known for her lead role as Detective Lilly Rush in the CBS series ''Cold Case''. Career Morris's first role was a minor one in the 1991 tele-movie ''Long Road Home''. Several other small parts follo ...

as Deana Richards, Nikki's mother *

Rebekah Graf Rebekah Graf is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing Heather Locklear in the 2018 biographical film, biopic The Dirt (film), ''The Dirt''. Family and early life Graf was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Te ...

, Tommy's second wife *

Tony Cavalero Anthony Cavalero (born October 14, 1983) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his role as Dewey Finn on the Nickelodeon's '' School of Rock'', Keefe Chambers on the HBO television series ''The Righteous Gemstones'' (2019–presen ...

, former lead vocalist of

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struggling with drug addiction who headlined one of Mötley Crüe's earlier tours *

Max Milner Max Milner is a singer and actor from London, England. He had a #63 hit on the UK Singles Chart with a cover version of Free Fallin' by Tom Petty. At age twenty-one, Milner auditioned for ''The Voice UK'', appearing on the first of 4 audition s ...

as Razzle, drummer of

* Katherine Neff as Lovey, Vince's first girlfriend *

Jordan Lane Price Jordan Lane Price is an American actress, singer and model. She is best known for her portrayal of Celia Fitzgerald in The Online Network reboot of soap opera drama series '' All My Children''. Early life When Price was eight years old, she be ...

as Roxie, Tommy's first fiancé, who prior to their breakup was having an affair with Nikki * Christian Gehring as

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, lead vocalist of

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* Anthony Vincent Valbiro as

, Mötley Crüe's second lead vocalist after Vince's departure from the band * Kamryn Ragsdale as Skylar Neil, Vince's daughter who died of cancer :* Iris D'Aquin and Lyra D'Aquin play two-year-old Skylar * Melanie Hebert as an

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VJ * Courtney Dietz as

Athena Lee Athena Lee (born Athena L. Bass; December 8, 1964) is an American drummer and actress. She is the younger sister of Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. Career Lee was born in Los Angeles County, California, the daughter of David Lee Thomas Bass ...

, a musician and Tommy’s younger sister *

Joe Chrest Joseph Chrest (born September 15, 1965) is an American academic and actor. He has had roles in numerous films and television shows including ''21 Jump Street'', ''22 Jump Street'', '' Oldboy'', ''Lee Daniels' The Butler'', ''The Perfect Date'', an ...

as David Lee, Tommy’s father * Elena Evangelo as Voula Lee, Tommy’s mother * Michael Hodson as Rodney Feranna, Nikki's half-brother The real Mötley Crüe appear in archival footage during the ending credits.

Production

In 2006, film adaptation rights to the

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book '' The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band'', authored by

with

and

, were bought by

and

. At the time,

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was tapped to direct the film. However, production on the film stalled and in 2008 Sixx spoke of his frustration in an interview stating: In November 2013,

signed on to helm ''The Dirt'', with the film having been dropped by MTV Films and Paramount Pictures. In January 2015,

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picked up rights to the film. However, production languished in

until March 2017, when

bought worldwide rights to the film. At the time,

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Emory Cohen Emory Isaac Cohen (born March 13, 1990) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in ''Afterschool'' (2008). He is best known for his roles as AJ Cross in Derek Cianfrance's film ''The Place Beyond the Pines'' (2012), Tony Fiorello i ...

and

were being eyed for lead roles in the film. In November 2017, Booth officially signed on to star in the film. In January 2018,

Machine Gun Kelly George Kelly Barnes (July 18, 1895 – July 18, 1954), better known by his pseudonym "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thomps ...

and Daniel Webber joined the cast. In February 2018, Tony Cavalero joined the cast. In March 2018, Rebekah Graf,

, and

joined the cast. Principal production commenced in February 2018 in

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Accident

On March 11, 2018, Louis DiVincenti, a rigging grip for the production team, suffered an electric shock while de-rigging a set during the New Orleans shoot. According to DiVincenti, he was passing metal pipes to other crew members when one pipe he held made contact with a nearby power line, causing an electrical current that arced through his body and blew out through his right foot. As a result, he sustained second- and third-degree burns over 50 percent of his body, which required numerous surgeries and skin grafts, and his right foot had to be amputated. On March 1, 2019, DiVincenti sued Netflix and Mötley Crüe for $1.8 million to compensate for his medical bills.

Marketing

The trailer was released on February 19, 2019 and featured glimpses of some of the stories including the infamous hotel television throwing incident, Vince Neil's vehicular manslaughter charges in 1984, and

's drug overdose in 1987.

Critical reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critical consensus reads, "''The Dirt'' celebrates the rude debauchery that Mötley Crüe's fans enjoy -- but does so with the dispiriting lack of substance that the group's critics have long decried." On

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the film has a weighted average score of 39 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "general unfavorable reviews". David Fear of ''

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'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars, saying that "This is rock bad-boy lore as a rocking bore, an endless parade of recreated afterparty ecstasy and emptiness that robs ''The Dirt'' of the vicarious thrill it had on the page — the sense that you shouldn’t be having this much of a second-hand high reading about musicians acting like horrible people but still seeming living-the-dream heroic."

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of ''

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'' called the film "a thinly written, generically staged

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-style sketchbook of a movie — which is to say, it's a Netflix film, with zero atmosphere, overly blunt lighting, and a threadbare post-psychological telegraphed quality that gives you nothing to read between the lines." Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com gave the film one out of four stars, saying that "You could listen to ''Dr. Feelgood'' two full times during the run time of ''The Dirt'' and learn just about as much about the band as you do in this R-rated Wikipedia article of a movie. And you'd have way more fun." Chris Nashawaty of ''

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'' gave the film a B, saying that "This movie won't win any awards. Nor should it. But for two hours it's a nostalgic blast to sit back and revel in the idiocy of these glorious, big-haired jackasses." Rafer Guzmán of ''

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'' gave the film three out of four stars, calling it "a funny, foul-mouthed, whirlwind ride through one of the last great eras in rock history, when wretched excess was part of the job description and bad behavior was a badge of honor."

Soundtrack

The Dirt Soundtrack ''The Dirt Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack album to the 2019 biographical film of the same name by Mötley Crüe, inspired by the book '' The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band'' by the band and Neil Strauss. It was their te ...

'' was released by

Mötley Records Mötley Records is a record label founded by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe after severing their ties with Elektra Records and acquiring the rights to their music catalog. It serves as a successor to the band's original record ...

and Eleven Seven Records on March 22, 2019, on CD, LP, and digital formats.

References

External links

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