Annoying characters and ludicrous sub-plots - miss it.

Rating: 5/10 (15 August 1999)

Detroit Rock City: the trials and tribulations of 4 teens trying to get into a KISS concert in 1978. The premise spoke to me on a personal level - when my brother was 14 years old he told my parents he was going to stay at a friend's place, when in reality he and four friends drove 6 hours to another city to catch KISS in concert.
I went expecting a light story and some good laughs. What I got were annoying characters ( if I had to hear Trip spout more stoner stupidity I was going to scream) and mind numbingly stupid subplots (can anyone actually suspend disbelief long enough to buy Edward Furlong drinking until he fills a pitcher with vomit, then dancing onstage in a male stripper contest then being picked up by Shannon Tweed, and getting paid for sex?). By the time these misfits actually get to the concert, you don't care.
Miss it.