"The Rocker" movie review

Yesterday I had the honor of watching "The Rocker" starring Rainn Wilson. This movie, while receiving 2 stars, is probably a 2.25 star movie in my mind. I would give it a C. When a movie gets a C in my book this means, dont go out of your way to see it. But if you are bored on a friday night like I was, go ahead and watch it.

This movie centers around a drummer named Robert Fishman, aka Fish, who was kicked out of his up and coming band. That band, 20 years later, ends up being the biggest band on the planet while Fish is just a nobody. As you can tell, moderate hilarity ensues as Fish joins his nephew's simple garage band as the way too old, way too crazy, overly enthusiastic drummer. Now I'm not going to give away the entire plot, but I'll have you know its pretty weak.

This movie really isnt about the plot. ITs more about the rock and roll life style of the 80's mixing with the overly depressing emo generation of 2004-2009. The cast of the movie is pretty awesome, and one of the redeeming qualities of film. There are many people from the NBS shows of The Office (Rainn Wilson), 30 Rock, and SNL. Also, Christina Applegate and Will Arnet have significant roles. All these people together make an entertaining combination despite the somewhat crappy plot.

So if you are bored, have HBO, or in desperate need of something to queue up on Netflix, go ahead and give "The Rocker" a shot. Otherwise, you wont miss out.