Shoplifters of the World (2021)
Directed by Stephen Kijak
1987. Denver, Co. One crazy night in the life of four friends reeling from the sudden demise of iconic British band The Smiths, while the local airwaves are hijacked at gunpoint by an impassioned Smiths fan.
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2 1/2 Stars (out of 4) Tweet It Was Really Nothing By Jeffrey M. Anderson Taking a cue from Airheads (1994), wherein a heavy metal band forcibly occupied a radio station in order to get their music played, Shoplifters of the World, set in 1987, does something similar for The Smiths.
Yes, this is basically 1994 radio-station-held-hostage comedy Airheads redux, without acknowledgement, or Adam Sandler, or any sense of humor, really.
Music documentary veteran Stephen Kijack tries for a sort of R-rated John Hughes vibe, a movie with a little “High Fidelity,” a bit of “Pump Up the Volume” and a taste of “Airheads” about it.
Sheila’s criticism of Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink ranks with Whit Stillman’s Lady and the Tramp disquisition in The Last Days of Disco .