Rock Star
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: September 7, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
12
Negative:
5
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50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Rock Star sinks into a morass of melodrama. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Herek does capture the rush and crush of a stadium concert, and the music (more Leppard than Priest) isn't half bad -- in a disposable, arena-rock sort of way. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Like the type of music it celebrates, Rock Star is just a lot of posing, adding up to very little. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Rock Star roars to life with a promise of something inspired and inventive whenever Wahlberg leaps onstage. Offstage, however, even he can't breathe life into this same old song. Read full review
50
New Times (L.A.)Robert Wilonsky
Rock Star takes itself so seriously it becomes full-on parody -- "This Is Spinal Tap" as a sanctimonious cautionary tale. And how rock 'n' roll is that? Read full review
50
TimeRichard Corliss
This is a good-natured retro romp that is truer to Golden Age movies than to golden oldies songs. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMark Caro
The movie can't quite embrace its characters or their scene; Wahlberg even cracks a joke over the end credits that heralds the late-'80s ascendance of hip-hop, which, of course, spawned Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
It's sweet but not the least bit plausible that any kid in the mid-'80s would be surprised that along with rock 'n' roll come sex and drugs. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The deeper problem with Rock Star is its insistence on turning a heavy-metal fairy tale into a morality tale that's as heavy as lead.
42
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Somewhere along the way, Stephen Herek's Rock Star decided to become a dippy, cliche-ridden drama and, worse, an odd indictment of metal music. Joy. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
Feels particularly like old news after the risks of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle were laid out for the previously uninformed in last year's "Almost Famous." Read full review
40
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
By the time Rock Star reaches its cop-out, "All About Eve"-ish ending, the only thrashing that should be going on is of the filmmakers, for bungling such a promising premise.
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