Laughably bad to the point of unintentional self-satire

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2005)

Marky Mark Wahlberg plays a rock star wannabe who rocks out at rock concerts with his rockin' girlfriend and rocking friends. He gets into fights with competing rock band members and his older brother, who hates rock music and is a police officer, makes fun of him for being a wannabe rock star.
So the titular rock star eventually becomes a real rock star, headlining his favorite rock band as a rock singer.
Notice how I keep using the word "rock" a lot? That's because this movie is inundated with rock - and in a bad way. Hair metal died with the '80s - making a retro picture now? It's not surprising the film didn't even recoup half of its $38,000,000 budget in theaters.
I'm not picking on hair metal, but if you look at Motley Crue or KISS, at least they had attitude. The bands in this film are lame! I guess Mark thought this would be a good semi-sequel to "Boogie Nights" - he satirized the '70s porn industry, now why not '80s gratuity? - but, unfortunately, at the helm of director Stephen "I Haven't Made a Good Movie in Years and Am Still Riding on the Coattails of 'Bill & Ted' and 'Mr. Holland's Opus'" Herek, "Rock Star" looks like a laughable, silly picture.
Oh, and Jennifer Aniston's annoying performance as Mark's girlfriend only adds to the fun.