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Charli XCX Navigates Her First Taste of Fame in ‘The Moment’
What Spinal Tap did for heavy metal, The Moment does for pop singers experiencing their first taste of stratospheric fame.
The tongue-in-cheek mockumentary follows a based-on-Charli singer as she preps for her first arena tour while navigating Brat Summer, the viral 2024 phenomenon that transformed the Brit into a mega-star.
She’s forced to deal with tour producers who propose life-threatening stunts and an arrogant Hollywood auteur (Alexander Skarsgård), who’s directing her concert film.
As an industry exec (Rosanna Arquette) pushes her to lean into the “brat” thing, which means recording endless “Brat Summer Forever” promos, she wonders if it’s all getting “cringe.”
Kylie Jenner pops in to offer her some very Kardashian-esque advice, “The second people are getting sick of you, that’s when you have to go even harder!”
A brilliant and hilarious insider look at how the pop music sausage gets made, The Moment guarantees Charli, who plays it all for laughs in a self-deprecating send-up, will have way more than 15 minutes of fame.
The Moment | In theaters Friday, Jan. 30 R
