The Rocker (2008)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Peter Cattaneo

Writers (WGA):

Maya Forbes (screenplay) &
Wallace Wolodarsky (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

20 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Tagline:

Opportunity rocks

Plot:

The Rocker tells the story of a failed drummer who is given a second chance at fame. Robert "Fish" Fishman...

Plot Keywords:

Youtube | Cleavage | Painful Urination | Betrayal | Brother Sister Relationship

Cast

Rainn Wilson	...	Robert 'Fish' Fishman
Christina Applegate	...	Kim
Teddy Geiger	...	Curtis
Josh Gad	...	Matt Gadman
Emma Stone	...	Amelia
Jeff Garlin	...	Stan
Jane Lynch	...	Lisa
Jason Sudeikis	...	David Marshall
Will Arnett	...	Lex
Howard Hesseman	...	Gator
Fred Armisen	...	Kerr
Bradley Cooper	...	Trash
Lonny Ross	...	Sticks
Jon Glaser	...	Billy
Jane Krakowski	...	Carol

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug and sexual references, nudity and language.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:12A | UK:12A (cut) | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44092) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Company:

21 Laps Entertainment

Trivia:

Loosely based on Pete Best who was the original drummer for the Beatles and can be seen at the beginning of the movie reading the Rolling Stone magazine with Vesuvius on the cover.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Amelia and Matt are playing Rock Band on the tour bus, the notes continue to be hit on the TV after they stop playing the Rock Band guitars to talk, and it switches from one player to two between shots.

Quotes:

Matt Gadman: Lower my voice.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

A nice summer comedy

The Rocker is not the best movie I have seen, however, it is a nice summer comedy. The plot revolves around Fish (Rainn Wilson), a drummer for the hip rock band Vesuvious (I think it's the way it's spelled). However, Fish gets kicked out by his own band, for a promotion. Fish stops his musical career and becomes a nobody, until he finds out that his nephew and his friends have their own band, and that their drummer is grounded for bringing hash-brownies to school. Fish tries out for the band, who after a while, accept him, which brings a lot of misadventures along the way.

The acting was pretty good. Rainn Wilson, an actor I hardly knew, could eventually be one of the future comedy superstar, such as Seth Rogen or Will Ferrell. He just has to find better contracts. The young actors were pretty good, however I need to see more out of them. Example: Just because Emma Stone was good (and beautiful) in this movie doesn't mean I will pay to see The House Bunny. I know that Teddy Geiger is a singer, but unfortunately, I don't like his music. On the other hand, if he could become more of an actor and less of a singer, I would enjoy him a lot more. I also liked A.D.D's music, it would be so awesome if the actors could have been a real band.

But the movie has it's flaws. One of the movie's biggest flaws are the scenes that are extended with unnecessary dialogue, but again, it seems that every single movie has this flaw. But on the other hand, the movie's humor makes you forget about it and spend a nice hour and thirty. A nice summer comedy, I recommend it for a lot of people, if it's still in theaters where you live, spending a little bit of money to see this movie won't kill you.