Detroit Rock City (1999)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 38
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 20
Silly plot, over-the-top directing style.
Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 5
Silly plot, over-the-top directing style.
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Are you ready for the hottest band in the land? It's 1978 in Detroit, and pretty much any teenager who isn't a total wimp is totally stoked for the upcoming Kiss concert (as anyone who ever listened to Kiss Alive! knows, Detroit has always loved this band). But four proud members of the Kiss Army find themselves without tickets to the show, and one has to deal with a mother who is convinced that Kiss and their music are evil incarnate. Will they be able to foil scalpers, security, and paranoid
Aug 13, 1999 Wide
Dec 21, 1999
New Line Cinema
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Cast
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Edward Furlong
Hawk -
Giuseppe Andrews
Lex -
James DeBello
Trip -
Sam Huntington
Jam -
Lin Shaye
Mrs. Bruce -
Melanie Lynskey
Beth -
Natasha Lyonne
Christine -
Miles Dougal
Elvis -
Nick Scotti
Kenny -
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Barbara -
David Quane
Bobby -
Shannon Tweed
Amanda Finch -
Kristin Booth
Cashier -
Gene Simmons
Himself -
Paul Stanley
Himself -
Ace Frehley
Himself -
Peter Criss
Himself -
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Richard Hillman
Scalper -
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All Critics (62) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (20) | DVD (15)
A valentine to sex, drugs, and cutting school.
What works for rocking and rolling all night (and partying every day) doesn't necessarily hold true for movies.
The movie isn't a trailblazer; it's an exuberantly trashy party, a comedy of lowdown defeats and triumphs.
sorely in need of the authenticity and easy humor of "Dazed and Confused," the 1994 Richard Linklater comedy it's obviously trying hard to imitate.
Audience Reviews for Detroit Rock City
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- Lex: Dude, it's the girls crapper!
- Trip: Sooooo?
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"They came. They saw. They rocked."
I've always had a thing for Detroit Rock City. It's a fun comedy that you can watch over and over again. But seeing it again now, it's not as good as I remembered. Don't get me wrong, I still really enjoy it,
but it does have it's share of problems.
For one it's completely stupid and his very little if any intelligent comedy, but I can get over that because I do love the music and the situations. The second thing that really sort of irritates me every time I watch this movie, is some of it's editing tricks. Rifkin seems like he wants the movie to come off as really flashy, but he kind of fails in that department. It's just annoying.
For all of it's problems, I still really enjoy it. The movie features an awesome soundtrack that has a lot of Kiss, but not just Kiss. There's Thin Lizzy, ACDC, Van Halen and many more. I like the cast, too. Their nothing special, but their not working on an Oscar level movie here. Cool little cameo by Shannon Tweed really tops this movie off nicely.
If your a fan of 70's rock and Kiss or you grew up in the 70's this is a movie you'll
probably enjoy. For everyone else, you'll see the stupidity as annoying and not cool.