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I love this movie! The movie is engaging especially if you were alive in the 80s. Every song in this movie, everyone should know or at least have heard them before. The story line is an exaggeration of the 80s era hard rock or metal lifestyles. It's a musical but I can easily overlook that aspect of it because it is so well done. The toughest pill to swallow in this movie is Tomorrow Cruise as the quirky, eccentric rock star, but even with that, he did a great job. ( his character Also greatly exaggerated) This sounds like I'm slamming the movie but I'm not. I'm just giving my opinion and honesty. I actually love this movie a lot, but the 80s cliche's are in full swing, so be ready for that. With all of that being said, I highly recommend this to everyone. I give it five 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
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DID NOT LIKE IT, I DON'T LIKE MUSICALS!(IT DIDNT READ like this.?) It wasnt a MOVIE, there WEREN'T 5 minutes WITHOUT MUSIC!!...DONT get me wrong, I love this 80's ROCK, BUT NOT THESE"FAKE" ARTISTS SINGING THEM! I thought this was a VERY "CHEESY" SHOW. LOVE the CAST, JUST NOT THE MOVIE! (Sorry!)(I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE GOOD, I remember when it come out, wanted to c it...NOT, WRONG.)
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Set in 1987, the general plot involves a pair of newcomers to Hollywood, trying to become rock stars, but finding the closest they can get is working in the hottest rock & roll club on the Hollywood Strip. From here, the story expands to include the owners of the club, a politician and his wife who are fighting the corrupting influence of rock music, and the biggest rock god on the planet, Stacee Jaxx, played by Tom Cruise. The movie starts out pretty cheesy, and the first few numbers garnered some giggles from the crowd, but when Tom Cruise arrives, he kicks the entire show into high gear. Say what you will about him off screen, the man is a star onscreen, and does a phenomenal job in this role. The music was pretty solid, with the rock songs of the 80s performed by the actors. In stark contrast to Mama Mia!, the songs here have been studio produced, and sound great, avoiding the bad karaoke effect such performances often have. For the most part, the actors are not known for singing (who knew Tom Cruise and Alec Baldwin could sing? OK so maybe Baldwin wasn't the strongest singer, but still decent for his role...) Julianne Hough was likeable enough as the female lead, but surprisingly (considering a music career), her singing wasn't as good as some others. The movie got progressively better, and was quite funny. But Tom Cruise carries this musical, and did so not only with very solid acting, but a shockingly decent rock and roll voice. Without him, this would have been an unremarkable show. With him, it is a fun movie to watch.Read full review
The music works in this story. And you've got to give Cruise credit for pulling it off. He looks acts and feels the part. [Even though you can't really forget that the "real person" belonging to the face is in the middle of a divorce, splashing thru current news]. It had to be fun to make the movie, and while the story is light and sort of predictable, its loaded with funny bits by Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin and Catherine Z-Jones. A musical is hard to pull off these days, and surely this is good entertainment for those who grew-up with this genre music. I had my hands in the air. This one is sure to be a cult classic... some day. Cheers, Max Rainet A movie lover for life.
This movie has been highly underrated by the critics and audiences. As for the critical reviews, much attention was given to the acting abilities of Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta. I do not know if the film was misunderstood to be a drama, where acting takes center stage, but it is NOT. It is a musical. Music is center stage. I felt that the acting of both Hough and Boneta was very well done, and there were many scenes that were intentionally "tongue in cheek", and never meant to be taken seriously. I think the trailers didn't make it clear that this movie is a musical in the strictest sense of the word and that may have led to some disappointment by viewers. Also, the "hoopla" over Tom Cruise's role may have been overstated, as his role was not the main character of the film. With all of that said, I loved the film. The music was classic 80's and the wardrobe, hair, make-up and mindset were all perfectly indicative of that time period. I thought that all of the actors did a fine job in their characters, and the vocals were wonderful, especially in the case of Boneta and Hough. I left the theatre feeling entertained and happy. What more can you ask of a movie? I enjoyed it enough to buy it to watch again and to share with friends, since theatre runs were short-lived. Great, fun movie, with authentic characterization of the 80's culture, a great soundtrack, that was very well acted. Give it a try, it's worth the cost of the DVD.Read full review
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