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Gypsy 83

2004, Movie, NR, 95 mins

Gypsy 83: Review

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Writer-director Todd Stephens proudly reveals the full extent of his healthy obsession with former Fleetwood Mac front woman Stevie Nicks (Stephens named his screenplay for the 1998 feature EDGE OF SEVENTEEN after a key Nicks track) in this touching tale of an aspiring singer who, through her own love of the West Coast rock goddess, finds her own voice. Flamboyant 25-year-old Gyspy Vale (marvelously played by Less than Perfect's Sarah Rue) and her 18-year-old Goth-boy best friend, Clive (Kett Turton), are like two black-lace peacocks in the colorless suburban wasteland of Sandusky, Ohio. Gyspy, who takes most of her fashion cues from "Rhiannon"-era Nicks, dreams of becoming a singing icon a la Stevie, but for now holds down the fort at the local Photo Hut. Her father, Ray (X's John Doe, with a mullet), packed in his own band after his wife and lead singer, Velvet, followed her rock dreams all the way to New York City, leaving Gypsy and Ray to fend for themselves. Now, nearly 20 years later, Gypsy has an unexpected encounter with the specter of her mother when Clive stumbles across a Web posting for the fifth-annual "Night of a Thousand Stevies," a Stevie Nicks impersonation contest taking place in just four days at the Manhattan nightclub Mother. Clive insists they go: The road trip would be the perfect escape route out of Sandusky, and Gypsy could finally take the stage. But Gypsy recognizes the face staring back at her from Mother's Web page: It's Velvet, and Gypsy isn't so sure about abandoning her father to reestablish contact with the woman who abandoned them. Nevertheless, Gypsy chokes down her stage fright, packs her platform boots, gauzy capes and sparkly legwarmers and, with Clive riding shotgun, points her black Trans Am east. Along the way, Gypsy and Clive meet a fading '70s chanteuse (Karen Black, who belts out an impressive rendition of "When Sunny Gets Blue") who left all the "buzz buzz, glamour glamour" of NYC for a gig as karaoke hostess in the middle of nowhere, and Zechariah (Anson Scoville), who claims he's escaping the conformity of the Amish community but is actually fleeing something more complicated. Stephens has a gentle touch and an unflagging sense of humor, but this is Rue's show: She's a natural with a million-dollar smile who deserves to escape TV land for more interesting work. The crucial Stevie-meets-Siouxie drag is by designer Kitty Boots, and the carefully selected soundtrack includes cuts by the Cure, the Banshees and, of course, Stevie Nicks. leave a comment --Ken Fox
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