FINAL RINSE
dir. Robert Tucker, 1999
United States. 91 mins.

In the struggle for Comedic Film Glory, not everything succeeds, FINAL RINSE is an independent production from 1999 that didn't quite get there. A strange brew of quality production, glorious stunt-casting, goofy script, and a knowing wink.

FINAL RINSE is a rock and roll cult film still searching for devoted followers.

(Don't miss the spot on cameo by tri-state TV and rock and roll hero Uncle Floyd)

Eddie Cockrell in Variety said
The deliberately overworked gimmick of this in-joke-saturated, tonsorial-themed silliness is the constant spray of rock song lyrics and titles in the dialogue. Vet Terence Goodman stacks his Block snugly between Leslie Nielsen and William Shatner, and the long list of uneven cameos is highlighted by bouncy work from lyricist-monologist David Cale as Trojan, comic Frank Gorshin as the chief, legendary cable host “Uncle Floyd” Vivino as kind of a sex-obsessed “Quincy” and now-portly punk frontman Joey Ramone, who seems to wander off camera during one scene. Tech credits are glossy on an obviously thin budget.

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