The Rocker (movie)

The Rocker is a comedy movie. It was released on August 20, 2008. The movie stars Rainn Wilson, Josh Gad, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Will Arnett, Emma Stone, and Bradley Cooper.  It was written by Maya Forbes & Wallace Wolodarsky. Wolodarsky is best known for his work on writing for The Simpsons.

Opinions of the movie
Based on 92 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, The Rocker had an overall approval rating of 40 percent, with a weighted average score of 5.2/10.  Entertainment Weekly gave it a C-, saying "the movie ... shamelessly ... rips off School of Rock, recycling its flaky-educator loser-of-the-gods premise, only this time in high school"Review of The Rocker  from Entertainment Weekly

Box office
The Rocker was released on August 20, 2008 in the United States. It did not make as much money at the box office as it was expected to make. It opening at #12 with $2.64 million for its first weekend. The movie earned less than $7 million overall during its entire theatrical run. One of the stars of the movie, Emma Stone, had another movie (The House Bunny) open the same weekend. It earned much more than The Rocker, opening at #2.

Cast
 Rainn Wilson as Robert “Fish” Fishman, drummer
 Christina Applegate as Kim
 Josh Gad as Matt Gadman, keyboardist
 Teddy Geiger as Curtis Wood, lead vocalist and guitarist
 Emma Stone as Amelia, bassist
 Will Arnett as Lex

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Category:2008 movies
Category:American comedy movies
Category:American musical movies
Category:20th Century Fox movies