Light of Day

A brother and sister grapple with family and lifestyle issues in this rock-n-roll drama. Real-life rocker Joan Jett stars as Patti Resnick, an unwed mother who sings and plays guitar in a Cleveland bar band with her brother Joe (Michael J. Fox). Estranged from her parents and struggling to make ends ...more

Although marketed as a Joan Jett rock & roll movie, Paul Schrader's thoughtful family drama harks back to the working-class angst of his earlier Blue Collar (1978). Focusing on the conflict between Joan Jett as a passionately dedicated rock & roller/unwed mother and her equally fierce holy-roller mother (Gena Rowlands), the film is a tragedy of locked wills. As Michael J. Fox, Jett's factory worker/bandmate brother, tries to mediate between the two to hold the family together, the film charts ...more