The Rocker

Late August used to be a dumping ground for crappy movies, but now look at how "The 40 Year Old Virgin" has changed all that. The "sleeper hit" genre has become a key part of August, so much so that it's... Read more at imdb.com

I was lucky enough to see The Rocker at a free screening and laughed all the way through the movie. Very funny. I enjoyed the movie so much, I saw it again at another screening, and it was just as funny... Read more at imdb.com

The trailers or the marketing materials don't do this film any justice. I got to see it couple of weeks ago at a pre-screening and had already made up my mind that I was provably gonna hate it (because i had... Read more at imdb.com

1986 - Robert 'Fish' Fishman is the drummer of an up and coming rock band called Vesuvius. However, on the night they are offered a massive record deal, they are told there is a catch.... they have to sack the drummer.... Read more at imdb.com

Some critics have called the latest "rock-n-roll world" lampoon flick "The Rocker" an incomparable imitation of the critical darling of the same theme "School of Rock". To drum it up in simplistic syntax, both films ROCKED!!!!! "The Rocker" is not a... Read more at imdb.com

So I just went to a pre screening of this film in downtown Chicago and Mr rainn Wilson himself was there to do a Q & A afterwards. This movie was actually laugh out loud funny, it shows a lot of... Read more at imdb.com

First of all, don't listen to the School of Rock comparisons. I can see how and why people are comparing the two films, but it's not really accurate. Don't get me wrong, School of Rock was a good movie, but so... Read more at imdb.com

I saw this when it was shown as the "Surprise Movie" at the Edinburgh Film Festival. However, the choice of movie was the only surprise I got that night, as this turned out to be an average movie with an entirely... Read more at imdb.com

I am a movie lover and took advantage of the Pre-Screening in my area. I went in not expecting much from this film. I thought..."It's free anyways". And I'm a fan of "Dwight", so I brought my wife with me. The... Read more at imdb.com

I had to opportunity to see this movie on Thursday, and it is one of the funniest movies I've seen in a while, that is why I rated it an 8. The movie takes place in Cleveland and is about an... Read more at imdb.com

A Pete Best, who appears as himself in a cameo role in The Rocker , is the hero of that saddest of modern legends, the story of the nobody who almost became a somebody and then had to be a nobody again. The Rocker is an amiable comedy, so efficiently constructed that you can practically see the computer software on how to write comedy screenplays at work. ... Full Review

Thanks,If you use this call me liquorishspliz This might be a funny movie. Fish's teenage nephew (Josh Gad in the performance to make this film worthy to sit through) is a keyboard player in a high school rock band called A.D.D. whose regular drummer just got suspended from school and so they're in desperate need of a replacement to play with them temporarily for their high school prom gig. ... Full Review

There's nothing in "The Rocker" to equal the finest moments of that film, in part because "Tap" had a superduper ensemble of comic actors. With "The Rocker," Rainn Wilson joins the select company of Jack Black in "School of Rock. ... Full Review

Photo: Sarah Feldberg Well, the first movie was a good movie. CineVegas snares a winner with Wilsons TheRocker There are dozens of great one liners in this one especially from Sudeikis, who plays A.D.D.s smarmy record-label rep. ... Full Review

I could always improvise and go off script and have fun with it. You know I skipped that. RAINN WILSON: [laughs] Well, anytime I can show my body to comedic effect. ... Full Review

After years in the business, Rainn Wilson has recently tasted fame playing the goofy sidekick in Hollywood comedies like My Super Ex-Girlfriend , Juno and the US version of hit sitcom The Office . ... Full Article

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THE ROCKER (PG-13) Suitable for: Tweens and older.What you should know: Rainn Wilson (The Office) stars in this comedy as the former drummer for a heavy-metal band. ... Full Article

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Rainn Wilson did years in guest roles on television and small movie parts before he won the recurring role of oddball salesman Dwight Schrute on the NBC television sitcom "The Office." ... Full Article