Review: Suicide Girls First Tour (B-)

Suicide Girls: First Tour (2004)
Starring Reagan, Nixon, Snow
MPAA: UR
Grade:B-

Review by Bobby Nashville

The Suicide Girls are a sexy, boundary pushing group of women that run a successful erotic photography web site. The Suicide Girls have tattoos, wear gothic clothing and love punk rock music. These are my kind of gals. They love to rock, they aren't afraid to get loud, and they are damn sexy. The top models from Suicide Girls recently went on tour and this documentary tells the story behind the tour. It's not Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back, but it is entertaining.

Suicide Girls: First TOur is basically home movies of the Suicide Girls on their tour across America. There are vignettes of the girls doing burlesque acts, and these (along with the interviews) are interesting as you can finally get a little perspective on what it takes to be a Suicide Girl. However, the music video style showcases of the live performancess tend to get boring and the entire production has an HBO "Real Sex" type look to it. The Suicide Girls are all about the punk sensibility. The directing style and visual approach just didn't seem to gel with that.

I enjoyed Suicide Girls First Tour but it took some time before it really got its groove on and the production values held this one in check. For fans of the Suicide Girls this is definitely a must own. If you are unfamiliar with the Suicide Girls I would recommend checking out their web site first, then maybe give this a rental.