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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 |
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| Director | Peter Cattaneo |
| Genres | Comedy |
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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 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 |
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| Director | Peter Cattaneo |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 42 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description |
| Released | Production year: 2008 To Rent: DVD: 09 Mar 2009 |
Forty-year-old Cleveland suit, Robert âFishâ Fishman (Rainn Wilson of âThe Officeâ), 20 years on, is still... read more on Time Out
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This.... looks.... awesome!...
Possibly the funniest trailer ever.....
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Great trailer! But the film itself is quite average.
Yeah, there's a few good laughs, but as a whole it doesn't quite work. Unlikable characters and a horrible tween-rock soundtrack don't help.
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"The Rocker"
This is a very funny film and worth a giggle. Rainn Wilson plays the ex-rockstar who joins a school band.
Cringworthy but very good.
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