Review of Rock Star (2001) by Diane G — 13 Dec 2007

OMG I love this movie! The music takes me back to my heyday. It is so much fun, and Mark Wahlberg is fantastic.

This review of Rock Star (2001) was written by Diane G on 13 Dec 2007.

Rock Star has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Rock Star

Review of Rock Star (2001)

By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 14 May 2016

A genial look at what happens when a wannabe becomes a headliner, Rock Star only stumbles when it decides it has to deliver a lesson about…

Read Review

Review of Rock Star (2001)

By Robert P (779) on 22 Aug 2012

How often does a Want-to-be come to be, this is one man's story, one man's journey. To be a Rock Star…

Read Review

Review of Rock Star (2001)

By Marc M (216) on 14 Oct 2017

Great movie with an awesome soundtrack, and is simply a movie you must watch every time it comes on…

Read Review

Review of Rock Star (2001)

By Mark Caro (265) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 20 Nov 2014

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…

Read Review

Review of Rock Star (2001)

By Myffubs (21) on 07 Jun 2012

Rock Star follows a familiar story line to its logical conclusion without stopping for too many detours along the way…

Read Review

Review of Rock Star (2001)

By Troy K (898) on 08 Jul 2014

Pretty much goes how you would figure, really corny at the beginning and ended in classic Hollywood fashion…

Read Review

Review of Rock Star (2001)

By Anthony G (806) on 04 Jan 2018

This is a film geared towards those who sing their fav rock songs at full volume in their shower or car, half dreaming about the adulation…

Read Review

Review of Rock Star (2001)

By Randy Y (268) on 16 Sep 2017

Good energy and pace... decent characters (and Wahlberg/Aniston don't hurt)…

Read Review

Review of Rock Star (2001)

By Steven Y (199) on 11 Oct 2017

Mark Wahlberg is good as a Tim Ripper Owens type character, but the rest of the movie is a rather insufferable bore filled to the brim with…

Read Review

Review of Rock Star (2001)

By Barry L (336) on 21 Jul 2015

I always say that Wahlberg picks out his roles quite well…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Death to Smoochy (2002)

By Steven Rosen (101) for Denver Post (1,096) on 29 Mar 2002

This is the kind of stinker that emerges every so often from Hollywood when major 'talent' -- Danny DeVito and Robin Williams, in this case…

Read Review

Review of A Civil Action (1998)

By Kamal 3 (1) on 06 Nov 2007

This movie sucks. Duvall and Travolta are decent actors, but I hate this movie…

Read Review

Review of The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)

By Dennis Lim (218) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Aug 2014

Bloated loquaciousness, damp self-absorption, and defensive reflexiveness on display here…

Read Review

Review of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)

By Nigel Floyd (230) for Time Out (7,510) on 09 Feb 2006

This expensively empty action comedy is as much fun as a car crash…

Read Review

Review of Trick or Treat (1986)

By Rodney E (723) on 15 Jan 2013

Had I never seen this piece of shit, I would have always been fascinated and felt that it could have been horrific just based off of the old…

Read Review

Review of Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

By Slym. (1) on 19 Apr 2008

This movie is terrible for any man who is seeking to learn how to be attractive to women…

Read Review

Review of Cars (2006)

By Jons. (10) on 28 Jun 2006

American Drivel at it's worst ... I think it's one of the only movies where not only myself but my children wanted to leave the cinema…

Read Review

Review of The Banger Sisters (2002)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Aug 2002

Pulsating with bright moments, rock references (Jim Morrison figures prominently) and plenty of music, The Banger Sisters, like the sisters…

Read Review

Review of Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001)

By Joel D (301) on 15 Dec 2010

As far as made-for-TV movies go, this is better than it should be, considering VH1 made it…

Read Review

Review of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

By Sheila Benson (186) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 27 Jun 2013

So what was rich, journalistic and precisely observed is now overstated, under-textured and cartooned, in playwright/screenwriter Michael Cristofer’s…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Rock Star

2001

61%522 Reviews

PCU

1994

60%305 Reviews

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992

56%521 Reviews

17 Again

2009

60%668 Reviews

Ichi the Killer

2001

70%567 Reviews

The Love Punch

2014

46%129 Reviews

Slow Burn

2005

52%194 Reviews

The Darkest Minds

2018

59%468 Reviews

A Love Song for Bobby Long

2004

68%537 Reviews

Hero

2015

76%598 Reviews