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09/09/02
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
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
Reviews for Rock Star
Top CriticSurprisingly, Wahlberg's 'Rock Star' mesmerized me right along with all those screaming fans and sexy groupies depicted in the film.
08/02/02
This is the first R-rated movie that feels PG-13, a heavy-metal saga you can take Mom to see.
06/21/02
starts off as a "Spinal Tap"-style spoof, only to abruptly switch gears halfway through. By the time it wraps up, "Rock Star" is frantically trying to sell us the same bucket of cliches it was making light of in its first hour.
06/10/02
O filme é como um grande show de rock cujo último número é um sucesso do pagode: depois de pular durante 2 horas, você sai frustrado por não ter sentido vontade de pedir bis.
05/30/02
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03/24/02
Top Critic...an earnest effort to be satiric...a paint-by-the-numbers affair rather than a genuine work of art...a snapshot of a modern rock singer rather than a telling portrait.
03/05/02
There are no shades of gray, and by the end when Chris finds what he wants, you begin to wonder if he found Jesus too.
02/26/02
The weight of what might have been hangs heavily over the proceedings.
01/22/02
Infectious, but its hard-rock-with-a-soft-heart blueprint is way too generic to lift the film into the pantheon of golden oldies.
12/09/01
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11/16/01
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11/12/01
Difícil entender las razones por las que la industria se empeña en hacer de Wahlberg un buen actor, pues su rango y capacidad son bastante limitadas
10/29/01
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10/21/01
A breezy, if unoriginal, exploration of the price of fame.
10/11/01
A grueling and pointless endurance test
09/28/01
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09/20/01
Top CriticMost of the opening scenes are a lot of fun.
09/18/01
Rock Star will touch the heart of anyone who ever thrust a fist in the air to the tune of 'Lick It Up' and wondered what it would be like to live life inside a KISS song.
09/17/01
turns out to be little more than a cinematic version of hair metal—all surface and no substance
09/17/01
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