The Rocker

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This movie doesn't have many things, no dazzling cinematography, or directing, acting is funny when necessary and okay everywhere else. but what is has is wonderful dialogue, quite a lot of heart, Rainn Wilson and Emma Stone. The dialogues are just excellent, nothing dramatic, but funny and won't sound out of place if you use it everyday. Its kinda hard to explain the 'heart' part, People tell me 'Shawshank redemption' got a lot of heart but I found it a big bore, like my grandpa telling me what to do and what not to. An aging ex rocker trying to find his solace drumming for a newbie band; I find that heart warming. Rainn Wilson really performed, and this was the first time I saw Emma Stone; it was very hard not to fall for her when she smiled! Put them all together, and you get a movie to watch time and time again. i did so. at least 5 or 6 times. I watched 'ulysses gaze' twice, and promptly started snoring within 15 minutes after 'weirckmeister harmonies' started. go figure.

I was given some free tickets to go see an early screening of The Rocker and actually had to look it up online to watch the trailer because i had never heard of it. The trailer was OK but i don't think that i would have paid to see this movie. To my surprise the movie was hilarious! It had a great combination of slapstick comedy mixed with clever jokes as well. If you liked superbad or knocked up i definitely recommend that you go see this movie when it comes out in august! The combination of strange personalities of the band mates really works well and no one character is over featured. The main roll seems like it would be a Will Ferrel role but without him to run it into the ground the movie had great balance and did a great job of keeping my interest throughout.

I have a funny feeling this flick will get wider exposure on DVD and become a cult hit, though it deserved much more than being dumped into theatres in late August with little fanfare and minimal box office. It's one of those movies that make you go, "Why didn't this do well when it was in the theatre?" A collection of Hollywood's finest B-List But Much More Talented Than The A-List Actors pull off a funny yet sad portrait of the Rock 'n Roll life and dashed dreams. So many have commented that this seemed like a rejected Jack Black vehicle; but thank god for Rainn Wilson, who manages to create so many distinct characters in various projects from one quirky personality-whereas Jack Black is always Jack Black.

This movie is one of those movies where you see the trailer and kinda cringe and you're like 99% sure it's just going to be awful. Then for some reason you still watch it and it's hilarious. It's not a masterpiece by any means but I think it's great! It's funny, not too cringey and doesn't get over the top like most comedies these days do. Highly recommend for an easy going comedy with a surprising amount of stars in it!

First off, from Fish's attitude, this obviously was supposed to be written for someone like Jack Black but Rainn Wilson holds himself well. A movie like this didn't need a big hit star, just rock n roll and comedy. Rainn plays Fish, a drummer fired from his band Vesuvius the night they get signed. 20 years later, still a loser, after losing his job and girlfriend, he is forced to move in with his sister. After his nephew's band loses their drummer for their upcoming gig at the prom, Fish fills in. Soon, there band hits it big and they learn the rock lifestyle. Original comedy, great fun, a must see ;]

It's not that bad, you see, cup noodles don't actually taste bad is just that you wouldn't choose that if there were options. Same with this, not bad but definitely not a top of the list of movies to watch. The musics are good, the jokes land well and the story builds up nicely. The romance in this movie, however, don't add much to the movie. Instead of making the teens look like deeper characters with their own stories, instead they just seem even more shallow. It could've been simply about them getting together as a team/friends.

I went to see this with my 10 year old son, and my friends 10 year old son, 8 year old daughter, and 6 year old daughter. There was some crude humor and a few sexual references, but overall not too bad. A light PG-13 I would say. As for the movie, I laughed throughout. It moved along quickly and was probably one of the best comedies I've seen in awhile. Rainn Wilson is great and the opening sequences are hysterical. The supporting cast is all great from the teenagers in the movie to Cristina Applegate as one of the mom's as well as Jane Lynch as one of the other moms. I don't think the kids got most of the jokes (thankfully in some cases)but all three adults that went enjoyed it and would recommend it. The music was really good. It's a nice little gem.

I get the idea that the studios after the success of The School of Rock movie wanted to make their own version of a Rock N' Roll themed movie, but they obviously struck out here. First of all the band they chose to be the star of the movie is an Emo style band and they make the villainous evil popular band that you're supposed to hate a hard rock band. I'm sorry but if you go to a rock concert anywhere and you have the choice to listening to either an emo band play or a hard rock band the harder band is going to win out every time. And you can tell that the studio who greenlit this was hoping to have Jack Black play the lead role but when he turned them down they decided to go with Rainn Wilson instead. I like Wilson as Dwight Schrute but it's kind of hard to buy him as a rock n' roll musician.

We follow Fish, rejected and run over by his former band mates lives his life as a less than average Joe as he watches his former band mates achieve legendary standards. When he moves in with his sister, he's given another opportunity to rock with his nephew's high school band. The trailer painted a very ugly and annoying character, but when watching Fish is actually a very sweet guy in nature and the movie is semi- realistic. I'm very happy with this film. It also really helps that Emma Stone is in this film, even though she doesn't really play funny… I'm fairly happy with this light and entertaining film. It had the heart, though not the full sense of comedy. But I wouldn't dismiss it.