MOVIE REVIEW: THE ROCKER

THE ROCKER is about a middle-aged drummer who joins his nephew's band, living out his dream of rock stardom twenty years late.

RAINN WILSON, who you know as "Dwight" from "The Office", is great in this flick, coming across as a believable drummer who was kicked out of his 1980's hair band. Two decades later, on his last dime, he rooms up with his sister's family.

His nephew's band needs a drummer, of course, and when Wilson is unknowingly filmed drumming naked in a steamy cellar, the video goes viral on youtube and the band becomes an overnight sensation.

TEDDY GEIGER plays the lead singer and songwriter and in real life that's exactly what he is. Damn good actor too.

EMMA STONE is the bassist, she even learned to play the instrument for the part.

CHRISTINA APPLEGATE is Teddy's mom, perfectly cast.

Plenty of SNL alumni appear in bit parts.

This film got a bad rap, unfairly being compared to "School of Rock". Critics killed it at the box office, it ranked as one of the lowest for 2008.

Too bad, because it's a great work. It's funny, fast moving, kids as well as their parents can love it. It was never boring, out of context -- it is definitely "feel good" and nothing is wrong with that. Check the satellite, it's worth your time.

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