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Rock Star has generally received positive reviews.
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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 05 Sep 2001
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Rock Star was released in 2001 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 522 reviews, giving Rock Star (2001) an average rating of 61%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 73%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 61%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Rock Star than critics were.
With a score of 61%, Rock Star is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2001, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2001 with similar scores include films like From Hell and Charlotte Gray.
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