Very Disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (8 September 2001)

For an opening night, it was strange to see a large cinema not even half full. Good reason, this film is a bore. There are some good performances but nothing can save this trite tale about trashy heavy-metal stars. Almost Famous captured a certain charm and naivete amidst the debauchery, Rock Star seems to be solely obsessed with the debauched. Also, the goody-goody persona of the Mark Wahlberg character just didn't convince. Nor did all the people (parents, choir-members, etc.) around him. The ending was flat, simply because it was impossible to care anything about the character in the first place.