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Rock of Ages

2012

Adam Shankman

Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones ...

4.6

5,150

Musical. Comedy. Drama Set in 1987 Los Angeles, Drew and Sherrie are two young people chasing their dreams in the big city. When they meet, it's love at first sight, though their romance will face a series of challenges.

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"Given the proliferation of high-school musicals and American idols on TV, the spectacle of aspiring young singers belting out an umpteenth cover of Journey offers little in the way of novelty value"	NEG
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Basically a 'Mamma Mia!' with '80s hair metal in place of ABBA (...) The director has not found a way to translate the musical’s affectionately mocking humor to film"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Most of the numbers in 'Rock of Ages' are flatly shot and choreographed, and they look as if they'd been edited together with a meat cleaver. With rare exceptions, they don't channel the excitement of the music - they stultify it"	NEG
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Blessed with unstoppable energy, an undeniably bawdy sense of fun and Tom Cruise in backless leather pants, it takes songs you may never have loved and turns them into a musical that's easy to enjoy"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"The actors are having a lot of fun, and the production values of the musical numbers are slick and high-spirited. The only problem is that the plot meanders when nobody is singing (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS

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