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As a whole, this movie is pretty vulgar. However, it gives you an in depth sense of what a Rockstars life is really all about. It's not a documentary, but it still goes into a lot of detail about the real happenings of a musicians world. This...
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As a whole, this movie is pretty vulgar. However, it gives you an in depth sense of what a Rockstars life is really all about. It's not a documentary, but it still goes into a lot of detail about the real happenings of a musicians world. This movie is probably going to be most appealing to musicians as well. If you like vulgar material and a few graphic scenes here and there, you'd probably like this movie too. It's not the best movie to take your child too though. I would say the movie's great, the acting's grea ... it just depends on who you are and what you're into whether or not you'll find this movie any good.

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Posted mar 30, 2007 9:55 pm pt

• [+] Washington Post
  
  80
  Even though it's weak in the final stages, Rock Star has more than enough sparkle to last you. That's chiefly thanks to Wahlberg, the main firework of this movie.

  by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  80
  But even here, in a role that doesn't ask much of Wahlberg, I find plenty of evidence that he's among the finest actors of his generation.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  80
  Wahlberg has turned into one of the most sympathetic and persuasive young actors around, and while his new movie remains safely, even shrewdly, in the middle of the road, he rocks.

  by Manohla Dargis | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  75
  Easily one of the most enjoyable big-budget Hollywood movies to come along in a while, Rock Star is an unexpected pleasure.

  by Jonathan Foreman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  75
  As generic as its title, but two things enable it to land: the basic likability of Mark Wahlberg as the wannabe protagonist, and the contagious energies in the rock concert sequences.

  by Jay Carr | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  75
  The acting is excellent, and the movie has a good-natured spirit to match its ultimate faith in the hero's deep-down goodness.

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  An irresistible movie about a guy who goes on a journey, the kind an audience can't wait to take with him.

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
  70
  Raking over the same clichés as "Almost Famous," Rock Star is far less reverential -- it isn't burdened by generational nostalgia and doesn't take itself too seriously.

  by J. Hoberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  70
  Represents the usual victory of simplistic screenwriting conventions over the rich, gamy ambiguities of the subject. But while its slide into perfunctory storytelling dilutes the raw, silly spectacle of sex and noise, the movie still has enough wit and insight to make it worth watching.

  by Dana Stevens | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  70
  The most unlikely of undertakings: an energetic feel-good movie about sex, drugs and other rock-related depravities.

  by Rita Kempley | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  70
  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 What's Really Important.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  67
  It's a goofy, tongue-in-cheek, my-gawd-how-could-we-be-so-dumb shrine, but a shrine nonetheless.

  by Kimberley Jones | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  67
  This movie is as packed with flashy bogusness as a lead singer's tight leather trousers. On the other hand, there's nothing bogus about the charisma and tough sweetness of Wahlberg.

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  63
  Its familiar story has pleasing quirks.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  63
  By the end of the film I conceded, yes, there are good performances and the period is well captured, but the movie didn't convince me of the feel and the flavor of its experiences.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »