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Hit So Hard
Directed by
P. David Ebersole
Not Rated
2011
1h 43m
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6.8
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A documentary that follows Hole drummer Patty Schemel as she struggles with fame and addiction during the band's 1994-1995 world tour and after.
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Cast of Hit So Hard
Patty Schemel
Self
Courtney Love
Self
Eric Erlandson
Self
Melissa Auf der Maur
Self
Kurt Cobain
Self (archive footage)
Frances Bean Cobain
Self (archive footage)
Kristen Pfaff
Self (archive footage)
Larry Schemel
Self
Gina Schock
Self
Debbi Peterson
Self
Kate Schellenbach
Self
Nina Gordon
Self
Roddy Bottum
Self
Joe Mama-Nitzberg
Self
Phranc
Self
Sarah Vowell
Self
Dallas Taylor
Self
Alice de Buhr
Self
Chris Whitemyer
Self
Evan Dando
Self (archive footage)
Hit So Hard Ratings & Reviews
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
Patty Schemel "lived through this." Once you witness what that "this" was, feel free to follow that up with a "wow."
Seattle Times
Gene Stout
The torturous tale of a remarkable survivor of the grunge era - the troubled but talented drummer for Courtney Love's band, Hole.
Washington Post
David Malitz
Ebersole pieces things together in a workmanlike way, but the tacky supertitles and camera effects often create a bit of an amateur feel.
Los Angeles Times
Mark Olsen
Ebersol seems uncertain throughout of what tale he is telling, whether to focus on Schemel specifically or the larger picture of the band and the moments in contemporary rock history they were all witness to.
San Francisco Chronicle
David Lewis
An absorbing, educational, sad, humorous and ultimately uplifting film that is easily accessible and entertaining even for those not familiar with the grunge rock scene, or with the considerable role that Schemel played in that milieu.
AV Club
Alison Willmore
[Love] burns much brighter than the film's focus; she's a raucous, disastrous, undeniable star.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
"Hit So Hard" is the touching story of how and why Ms. Schemel ended up in her own private hell and how and why she made her way out again into the world of sunshine, sobriety and puppy dogs.
New York Post
Sara Stewart
Ebersole has amassed some great footage that never quite hangs together.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Hit So Hard never coheres into anything other than a collection of rock-star clichs.
Chicago Reader
Tal Rosenberg
Choppy camerawork, sloppy editing, and lack of a coherent narrative structure make for a frustrating viewing experience.
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
This keenly-observed, if generically-assembled, Grunge-era doc tells the Hole story through the eyes of its successfully rehabbed drummer.
NPR
Scott Tobias
There's a better documentary to be carved out of Hit So Hard, but not necessarily a great one, because the gossip and drug-fueled capers offered up by Love are simply more compelling than the tremulous course of Schemel's life.
Village Voice
Camille Dodero
[It] could have been an amazingly told story. Instead, Hit So Hard is just amazing treatment-facility programming.
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
Though stylistically incoherent at times, pic benefits from the percussionist's plainspokenness.
Movie Dearest
Fr. Chris Carpenter
This is a well-constructed, enlightening documentary about a challenging period in music and society at large. Whether you are a Hole or Nirvana fan or not, check it out.
BrianOrndorf.com
Brian Orndorf
For outsiders, Schemel's story is actually quite inspirational, detailing admirable personal growth and acceptance while clinging to a forceful musical gift.
Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Ebersole combines frank interviews with Schemel, her family and friends, and her bandmates to assemble this portrait of a talented woman dealing with the weighty pressures of the rock world, the drug world, and her own sexuality.
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
[VIDEO] The rough-and-tumble story of "Hole"-drummer Patty Schemel's rapid rise to rock-star fame, and equally rapid decline due to addiction, makes for an affecting documentary.
Film Journal International
Doris Toumarkine
Gripping documentary about the rise, fall and recovery of charismatic Hole drummer Patty Schemel looks at so much more along the bumpy way.
Monsters and Critics
Ron Wilkinson
More political diatribe than rock band biopic. The unvarnished truth for those who can stand it.
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