The Rocker

Name: The Rocker
Released: 2008-8-20
Cast: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Jeff Garlin, Josh Gad, Teddy Geiger

The Rocker

PG-13
1h 43m
2008

41%

age 12+

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With rock and roll running through his veins, a failed over-the-hill drummer gets a second chance at fame with a new band twenty years after getting booted out of his now famous former band.

Director:

Peter Cattaneo

Producer:

Writer:

Cast:

Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Jeff Garlin, Josh Gad, Teddy Geiger, Emma Stone

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

41%

Critics Consensus: With a predictable and lightweight story, the earnest efforts of the cast are squandered by The Rocker's bland script.

Reviews

The National (UAE)

Kaleem Aftab

It should be a fun ride but the dialogue and plot are too predictable and Wilson has no fun with t...

The Rocker is more Keane than Keith Moon: slow, safe and about as edgy as a tangerine.

More fun than a fifth of Rebel Yell and a bag of Quaaludes.

Just because one is a scene stealer on TV does not mean he or she is big screen material, period,...

June 21, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 12+

Common Sense Says

Some laughs, but this is no School of Rock.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this comedy -- which stars Rainn Wilson of the popular sitcom The Office and singer Teddy Geiger -- has a tween-targeted marketing campaign and is likely to appeal to kids 10 and up. The jokes tend to be of the slapstick/physical variety, but there are occasional strong words like "s--t" and "bitch," a couple of kisses, and several references to "scoring" with the opposite sex. But as summer comedies go, this one is fairly tame.