Gary says he was forced to when Perry walked out on them because his wife was pregnant, despite a tour already lined up. Perry is handcuffed and confronts Gary about replacing him in the band. Infuriated, he smashes Salome's guitar as the police come to stop the party. Perry is excited to see his old band formed together again however, Gary reveals that his position has been replaced with another singer. When she begins making romantic advances, Perry refuses and instead decides to play her a song he wrote: " Ordinary World", but is interrupted when Gary calls Perry into the main room for a concert. Perry recalls how his record label dumped him despite him putting much effort into their album Christy remarks that she loved the record anyway. Retreating to his room for a nap, he soon wakes up when Christy enters and talks about their past relationship. He angrily confronts Gary, who accuses him of being no fun anymore. Returning to his hotel room, Perry is enraged to find his room filled with strangers. Jake tells him that he seems confused in his actions when he reveals that he has already consulted Karen on the matter, Perry leaves, feeling betrayed. In his absence, his drummer Gary excitedly invites a stripper and many others into the hotel room.Īfter receiving scornful comments from his wife's parents about his lack of ambition in life, Perry returns to work to fetch Salome's guitar accidentally, he interrupts a meeting with Jake's lawyer discussing buying out Perry's share of the family business, citing his father's will. After purchasing the room for the day, he calls his old bandmates just after they arrive, Perry is reminded by his wife that he must let his in-laws into the house that he forgot about. Soon after, Perry rents the presidential suite from the pristine no-nonsense owner, who firmly reminds him that the hotel has a strict "no-party" policy. She reveals she is now a manager for Joan Jett, who is performing in New York that night. While waiting to rent a room, Perry runs into Christy, an old girlfriend of his when he was in the band. Perry eventually finds a nice hotel where he plans to throw a reunion party for his band. Upset for him, Jake gives Perry the day off and $1000 to do whatever he wishes to, hopeful that giving him a day to relax will allow him to overcome what has been causing his apathy. His brother chastises him on his constant lethargy at work until Perry reveals to him that his family forgot his birthday. After picking up his daughter's new guitar his wife picked out for her, Perry arrives at work at his family's hardware store where his little brother Jake has accepted the main responsibility. On his birthday, the same day as his daughter's talent show, Perry is disappointed to notice that nobody has remembered his birthday. Forced to accept his new life, Miller reluctantly lives his lifestyle as a father of two with his hard-working lawyer wife Karen, his talented guitar-playing daughter Salome and his newborn child. Twenty years later, Perry and his band have parted. His band gives a brief interview before they play their song "Devil's Kind". But “Ordinary World” is just too, well, ordinary to be truly compelling.In 1995, Perry Miller performs in New York with his punk band known as The Skunks. We never really understand the motivation behind his series of poor choices other than a vague sense of suburban malaise.Īrmstrong makes an apt leading man for a story like this, and moments between Perry and his budding rocker daughter Salome (Madisyn Shipman) are immensely charming. We can infer the reasons why Perry does what he does, but it’s never articulated well enough on screen. The story is all too familiar and underdeveloped. But his family duties beckon, and though he’s nostalgic for his carefree, youthful days, he’s outgrown the rock star lifestyle. On his 40th birthday, Perry rebels against his mundane existence, attempting to throw an extravagant party in an expensive hotel suite with all his pals. Unfortunately, the cast and a few sweet tunes by Armstrong are the only things going for this delayed coming-of-age dramedy. Kirk surrounds him with a star-studded supporting cast: Fred Armisen as bandmate Gary, Chris Messina as Perry’s brother and business partner, Selma Blair as his wife, and Judy Greer as an old flame, among many other recognizable faces. Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong plays an aging rocker grappling with a mid-life crisis in writer-director Lee Kirk’s “Ordinary World.” Armstrong, whose melodious yelp helped punk go mainstream in the 1990s, is a welcome and winning screen presence as befuddled rad dad Perry Miller.
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