Rock of Ages

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Rock of Ages

PG-13,

2012,

1h 58m,

Musical

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The songs of Journey, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and other artists underscore a tale of big dreams in Hollywood. Soon after hopping off a bus from the Midwest, aspiring singer Sherrie Christian immediately finds herself in trouble. Coming to her rescue is Drew, a bar-back at the legendary club the Bourbon Room. With stars in their eyes, the young lovers chase their dreams, but a misunderstanding involving rock god Stacee Jaxx threatens to tear them apart.

Critics Consensus

Its exuberant silliness is almost enough to make up for its utter inconsequentiality, but Rock of Ages is ultimately too bland and overlong to justify its trip to the big screen.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Sep 8, 2017

B-

Really, it's like a longer, louder version of Glee or American Idol, but with actors who can't sing rather than singers who can't act. Plus, it rocks you like a hurricane.

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Kimber Myers

The Playlist

Aug 15, 2013

D-

Rock of Ages will make you want to raise your arms...and then immediately plunge your fingers into your eyeballs for salvation (you can go back for seconds to rescue your ears).

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Leonard Maltin

leonardmaltin.com

Jun 22, 2012

It's easy to see how Rock of Ages became a crowd-pleaser on Broadway, where audiences got caught up in the energy of '80s hit songs performed live.

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Carla Renata

The Curvy Film Critic

Mar 24, 2026

Not a big fan of this one, but was very entertained and taken back to my youth with all the rock music featured by JOURNEY, FOREIGNER, PAT BENATAR, TWISTED SISTER, REO SPEEDWAGON and others. Rock on dudes and catch this one on Netflix….!!!!

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Oct 4, 2022

2.5/4

The best musicals are those with songs that develop naturally within a story instead of obligatorily filling every moment with yet another song. This is not one of them.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Dec 2, 2020

7/10

An abundance of energy makes up for the unconvincing lip-syncing and spontaneous song-and-dance sequences that aren't as smoothly integrated into character actions.

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Kylo M

Mar 28, 2019

Very fun and entertaining.

Harry S

Jan 16, 2019

The problem with Rock of Ages isn't the soundtrack, as the song choices are pretty stellar classic rock 'n roll tunes. The issue isn't the supporting cast either as the big time actors/actresses are fine for the most part. The biggest problem is that the two leads are awful... in acting. Their romance story approaches Attack of the Clones level of cheese, and ruins whatever good this movie has to offer. Which isn't very much because the singing isn't all that impressive. The cover of Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is" is embarrassing. I'm sorry but I don't care if a film is well choreographed if the main characters suck and the singing, (especially for a musical) is lame.

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Jan 11, 2019

So crap it's brilliant hahah

Ron R

Jan 1, 2019

Super entertaining trip down high-school memory lane for me. The covers were really well done.

Aug 26, 2018

While watching this film I just wanted to headbhtt nails, not only has it got Walter white in it's got Russel brand, enough said

Apr 30, 2018

A weak attempt to piggy-back on the musical revival. The thin storyline and high-school vocals of young stars mixed with (former?) A-listers is barely entertaining enough to not switch the channel.

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Adam Shankman

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Synopsis

The songs of Journey, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and other artists underscore a tale of big dreams in Hollywood. Soon after hopping off a bus from the Midwest, aspiring singer Sherrie Christian immediately finds herself in trouble. Coming to her rescue is Drew, a bar-back at the legendary club the Bourbon Room. With stars in their eyes, the young lovers chase their dreams, but a misunderstanding involving rock god Stacee Jaxx threatens to tear them apart.

Director: Adam Shankman
Producer: Matt Weaver, Scott Prisand, Carl Levin, Tobey Maguire, Garrett Grant, Jennifer Gibgot
Screenwriter: Justin Theroux, Chris D'Arienzo, Allan Loeb
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Corner Store Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language|Some Heavy Drinking|Suggestive Dancing)
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 15, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 11, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $38.5M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, SDDS, DTS

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