Dissolves into lazy clichés and hollow moralizing.
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Rock Star (2001)
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Reviews Counted:119
Fresh:62
Rotten:57
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: Like its title, Rock Star is rather generic, being not so much about the heavy metal scene than about rock cliches and formula.
Theatrical Release:Sep 7, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $16,552,203
Synopsis: Mark Wahlberg plays Chris Cole, a local guy from Pittsburgh who is a copy-machine repairman by day (still living at home), and the lead singer of Blood Pollution, a Steel Dragon tribute band, at... [More]
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West, Timothy Spall
Director: Stephen Herek
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Reviews for Rock Star
A movie lampooning dimwitted '80s heavy-metal rockers was already made much more cleverly. It was called This Is Spinal Tap.
09/06/01
The erratic, cliched and superficial plot that can't seem to figure out where it wants to go or what it wants to prove or explore.
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Herek ... gets an excellent performance from Wahlberg.
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Top CriticA sordid, stupid and amusing little saga, about as nourishing as a big bag of Cheez Doodles and equally addicting.
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The tone of Rock Star is perfectly balanced between affection for and satire of hair bands.
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It's the standard corruption-of-the-innocent routine.
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It's worth a matinee, and or a rental later on.
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Provides a fair amount of shallow fun pretending that 1980s heavy metal was actually heavy.
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Top CriticThe production's refusal to try anything edgy condemns Rock Star to the rock pile of cinematic mediocrity.
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Top CriticWriter and director are content to plod the old walk of fame without much irony or questioning.
09/06/01
If the head-banging hype doesn't turn you off to Rock Star ... the hilarious miscasting and archaic rags-to-riches story line should do the trick -- and then some.
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Top CriticSummons every cliche of the rock world and then clings to the hoary scenarios with the fiercest gravity.
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Its familiar story has pleasing quirks.
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As vacuous as the backstage glitz and debauchery it pretends to criticize.
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If you don't leave Rock Star wanting to do some head-banging and squealing at the top of your lungs, well, you can always pop in an old Air Supply cassette.
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Eventually everything becomes a generic Rock Star story.
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Top CriticLike the Muzak version of a Def Leppard hit.
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