Rock Star
Loosely inspired by the true story of the heavy metal band Judas Priest. Lead singer of a tribute band becomes lead singer of the real band he idolizes.
14 November 1959, Bingley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
12 March 1977, Dallas, Texas, USA
25 August 1975, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
13 July 1973, Benton, Kentucky, USA
22 May 1969, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
12 August 1958, New York City, New York, USA
27 April 1977, Mesquite, Texas, USA
15 January 1974, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
11 February 1969, Sherman Oaks, California, USA
14 January 1967, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
25 September 1966, Putney, London, England, UK
June1964, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
9 September 1969, Auckland, New Zealand
16 September 1969, La Jolla, California, USA
23 October 1985, Florida, USA
December 30, 2006
The first half is hilarious but the second gives itself more to cautionary moralising and life lessons.
November 06, 2002
It is a nonstop cliche.
September 10, 2001
A movie about the gullible and pitched to the naive, Rock Star struggles to resist being as generic as its title, but is never more than just another replay of the hoary postulate that showbiz is all about rising, falling and being redeemed.
October 01, 2005
Just as it should be falling apart, its melodrama becomes more touching than ever, ultimately shaping a film about much more than any band and more poetic than any song on the radio.
December 28, 2010
Not great, but moments of guilty pleasure.
June 24, 2006
Every character becomes a cipher for a strangely reactionary morality tale.
January 22, 2002
The weight of what might have been hangs heavily over the proceedings.
April 29, 2009
A watered down, lukewarm and very cliché rock fantasy...
April 05, 2003
Mark Wahlberg looks yummy in tight leather pants and that's a good thing because there's not much else to recommend . . . ROCK STAR.
September 11, 2001
It has a comical sense of history and seems perfectly aware that it is recounting a myth.
May 30, 2003
The milieu is more convincing than the story.
September 28, 2001
A grueling and pointless endurance test
