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2008 Certificate 12
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"The Rocker," aka Robert "Fish" Fishman, was the drummer for an '80s hair band. He was living the rock 'n' roll dream until he was kicked out of the group. Twenty years later, the desperate rocker joins his nephew's band, "A.D.D.," finally reclaiming the rock-god throne he's always thought he deserved--while taking his much .. Read more

Starring Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Josh Gad
Director Peter Cattaneo
Genres Audio Descriptive, Comedy

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The Rocker

"The Rocker," aka Robert "Fish" Fishman, was the drummer for an '80s hair band. He was living the rock 'n' roll dream until he was kicked out of the group. Twenty years later, the desperate rocker joins his nephew's band, "A.D.D.," finally reclaiming the rock-god throne he's always thought he deserved--while taking his much younger band mates along for the ride of their lives.

Starring Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Josh Gad, Emma Stone, Josh Grad, Jeff Garlin, Jane Lynch, Jason Sudeikis, Will Arnett, Howard Hesseman
Director Peter Cattaneo
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 42 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Audio Descriptive, Comedy
Language DVD: English, English Audio Description
Released DVD: 09 Mar 2009
Production year: 2008
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of

    Forty-year-old Cleveland suit, Robert Fish Fishman (Rainn Wilson of The Office), 20 years on, is still... read more on Time Out

    • Wally Hammond, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 13 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    This.... looks.... awesome!...

    Possibly the funniest trailer ever.....

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 05 Jun 2008 14:02

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Hilarious!

    Think School of Rock with the humour a bit more slapstick and you're there. It's probably only a 12 certificate because of some language – the odd s*** and a******. Very, very funny.

      • A customer from Bicester
      • Posted 29 May 2009 16:20

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    The Rocker

    The Rocker

    • 13 Oct 2008

    Rock n roll lends itself to comedy. Anything that inspires grown men to act like kids (or half grown men for that matter) is already on that road. We’ve all seen This is Spinal Tap, but there are any number of its kind, from documentaries like Metallica: Some Kind of Monster and Anvil (playing at the London Film Festival this month) to sly coming of age comedies like Almost Famous to tongue in cheek romps like School of Rock and Still Crazy. Fish (Rainn Wilson) is like a character out of, Read more

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