SnoopyStyle Recent graduate Jennie Lee (Justine Bateman) is the lead singer of her band Mystery. Mooch (Trini Alvarado) is the drummer. Billy (Britta Phillips) is the wild lead guitarist. Bassist Daryle (Julia Roberts) gets a marriage proposal. The girls are trying to play at the beach for the summer. Their pianist is in jail and Jennie picks up classical pianist neighbor Nickie (Scott Coffey). They audition and get a gig at producer Martin Falcon (Liam Neeson)'s beach nightclub. The songs are standards. The performing is functional. Having a real musician helps but they are generally limited. It's amazing to see Roberts and Neeson as well as 80's stars Bateman and Alvarado. The plot is straight forward and bland. The writing is relatively weak. The acting is functional. If this is a star vehicle for Bateman, it needs a tune up. She never could make that jump from TV to movies.

pchristle Well, a rock'n'roll movie rarely has a viable plot, and this one is no exception. But who watches a rock movie for the plot? We watch for the music and for all the beautiful young people. The band members in Satisfaction are great looking, to be sure. The movie itself is worth seeing just to enjoy Justine Bateman's performance as the lead singer. She kills "Knock on Wood," "Lies," and "Satisfaction," among others. Additionally, Britta Phillips does a great job with "Mr. Big Stuff." It's rock'n'roll.

gradyharp SATISFACTION is not a great movie by any shakes, but taken for what it was meant to be - a slightly naive tale of a girls' band that has a summer of adventure, love and opportunity for the big time nut opts instead to become just a group of life-long friends - it is a well done bit of pastiche. Thanks to the simple script by Charles Purpura and to the sensitive direction of Joan Freeman the little story works well.The interesting aspect of the film is the cast. The band consists of leader Justine Bateman with Trini Alvarado, Britta Phillips, Scott Coffey as the token male, Deborah Harry and yes, the movie debut of Julia Roberts! Liam Neeson serves as the love interest for Justine Bateman's character and Michael DeLorenzo has a small part, too. The music is fun and the cast commits to the idea of the film well. Strange to see a film from 1988 with the established stars disappearing and the 'newcomers' taking flight. Grady Harp

mm-39 Some people will calls this film a chick flick, I prefer to say it is geared for a teenage women audience. With this in mind I fould it awful. Too sappy, predictable and reminds me of the low budget Bartell Drive inn movies. The all girl band headed out too the beach is toooo predictable. Their characters at best get across as cardbord. The tough girl etc. Even for an escapist movie, where the viewer turn his or her brain off, this film's script is too thin. I watched this with my wife late night, and could not care less for the conclusion. I left not really wanting to know about what happens too the band, or their love interest. For a film I found soaps have better wrighting. This film probably was done quick, on the cheap and it shows. Stay away unless your only other choice is Isthar at the video store. 3 Out of 10