This movie rocks!

Rating: 8/10 (6 November 2009)

The title of this movie is "The Rocker" and it's PG-13, so I was hesitant in renting this. But I am very surprised at this comedy, what I thought would be something mediocre turned out to be something so much more. Now I can't say this is one of the funniest comedy I have seen, but it is very well crafted. This comedy was hugely entertaining and kept me smiling from beginning to end. Robert 'Fish' Fishman(Rainn Wilson) is kicked out of the glam rock band Vesuvius after the manage of the band offers them a great deal to make them famous, the only catch is they have to replace Fish the drummer with the president of the labels son. And Fish is very angry about this and holds a major grudge, but seriously who wouldn't and this takes place in 1986. But twenty years later he gets a second chance at stardom when his nephew Matt asks him to join his band A.D.D and be the drummer. And now Fish must use every wit he has about rock 'n' roll to reclaim his throne. I must say this is one of the few comedies where the jokes doesn't seem that random, and the rock star parodies were pretty damn funny. The part with the clichéd rock stars was freaking hysterical and watching Fish partying like a typical rock star to catch up for lost time just adds to the comedy. I am so glad the creators didn't use Jack Black in this movie, cause Rainn Wilson is electric in this. Plus he contributes a lot to the new band he is in without being annoying a looking genuine, despite him being the oldest of the group and inspires the members and help them out with there struggles. The band has a awkward combination of members, but it works really well. Although I really disliked the lead singer and he even calls Fish a joke when he himself is a whinny emo douche. First of all that whinny emo douche has abandonment issues cause his dad left him, and Fish has a grudge against the band that left him to rot. And he turns his back on Fish who contributed the most for the band and got them to stardom, cause without him it just wouldn't have happened, even if YouTube played a bit part as well. He was more annoying than the band's manager. Emma Stone who plays one of the band members fit right in as well, while playing the girl that is always irritated by everything, she was still likable. The MILF(Christina Applegate) in this was actually attractive, cause they usually aren't no matter how many of the characters in films try to make them out to be hot, especially Stifler's mom. Let me tell you the songs in this movie is very corny but it's still somewhat catchy so it isn't unbearable and I didn't find myself hating the music. "The Rocker" is actually a pretty clever comedy, just don't try to act more intelligent than the other audiences and just enjoy life, and if you have this mentality I am pretty sure your going to enjoy the heck out of this movie. I sure did. It's a enjoyable and entertaining comedy.
8/10