Allow us to confess something upfront: rock journalists are a troubled bunch. All the rumours of bitter, failed-musicians-turned-critics and alcohol-deluded hacks convinced they’re the next Lester Bangs are nothing but accurate*. Megan Griffiths’ new film Lucky Them explores the ups and downs of a music writer’s life, following Ellie Klug (Toni Collette) on her editor’s assignment to investigate her juiciest story yet – her own past. Oliver Platt and Thomas Haden Church appear alongside the inimitable Collette as we join one woman’s quest to exorcise the demons of lost loves and broken dreams.
Lucky Them opens in cinemas Thursday March 5, and we’ve got ten in-season double passes to give away. To be in the running, head to the comments below and tell us the childhood dream you had to give up.
*not including our contributors to the BRAG, of course. They’re tops.
