Crock star!

Rating: Null/10 (3 July 2002)

Watching Rock Star is like watching the 'Spinal Tap' episode of
The Simpsons stretched over two hours, except all of the laughs are missing.
Chris Cole (Wahlberg) is a Steel Dragon fanatic, dedicating his life to imitating lead singer Bobby (Flemying) and playing in his tribute band. When his over-serious, perfectionist attitude leads to an onstage brawl Chris is thrown out, mirroring the ejection of Bobby from the real Steel Dragon for being gay (He is colourfully referred to as a "sausage jockey" by his bandmates"). This opens the door for Chris, who joins the band and jumps feet-first into the hedonism of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle with his girlfriend/manager Emily (Aniston) along for the ride. As Chris becomes embroiled in the trappings of fame and alienated from Emily, she leaves and he starts to question the validity of what he's doing.
Well shot and acted, with nice stylistic touches from Herek, the problem with Rock Star is that it's just plain boring. At no pont do we care about the characters, with their distinct absence of chemistry, and the concert sequences, although spectacular, are repetitive and soulless. The only redeeming feature comes from Timothy Spall as the vulgar road manager, Mats.

my rating: 5/10