The most unhappy rock star of all time...

Rating: 5/10 (7 September 2001)

Rock Star started off in the right place. It was funny, interesting, and didn't make the 80's look as cheesy as I remember them, but Mark Wahlberg looked like he was in hell throughout the movie. There are genuinely only a couple of scenes where I can remember seeing him smile and this is about a guy who gets to live out his dream of being in a gigantic rock band!
The reason he didn't smile much is probably because of the whole meaning behind the story though. From almost the beginning, it's like the whole idea of Rock Star is to talk about the evil of the music industry and how people treat each other and by about 3/4 of the way in, you feel like it's being slammed over your head.
That whole morale gets old real fast and much of the comedy and pleasure in the film is quickly swept away before you can even laugh again. Although I'm sure it's true and all that, Almost Famous is a much better example of what movies about the music industry should be like.