PLOT
THE MOVIE STARS MARK WAHLBERG AS CHRIS 'IZZY' COLE AND JENNIFER ANISTON AS EMILY POLE.
ROCK STAR, A MOVIE INSPIRED BY THE REAL LIFE STORY OF TIM "RIPPER" OWENS.
A PHOTOCOPIER REPAIRMAN BY DAY, A TRIBUTE BAND SINGER BY NIGHT, THE PROTAGONIST CHRIS COLE LEAPS FROM A MERE OBSESSIONAL FAN TO METAL GOD REPLACING HIS IDOL IN HIS FAVOURITE BAND.
BUT THE STARDOM DIDN'T TURN OUT HOW HE FORESAW IT TO BE.
REVIEW
MOST OF THE REVIEWS OF ROCK STAR ARE COMPARE THIS MOVIE TO EITHER THE SPOOF DOCUMENTARY THIS IS SPINAL TAP OR THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL COMEDY ALMOST FAMOUS.
EXCEPT FOR AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY WAHLBERG, THIS MOVIE HAS FAILED TO MAKE A VALUEABLE STAND IN THE MIND OF CRITICS.
SEVERAL REVIEWS HAVE EVEN DECLARED THIS MOVIE TO BE "A HEAD-THRASHING, DRUGS, SEX, ROCK'N'ROLL VERSION OF A STAR IS BORN.
BUT MANY CRITICS GIVE MARK WAHLBERGVHIGH PRAISE FOR HIS PERFORMANCE."WAHLBERG FITS THE ROLE OF A PUTATIVE ROCKER WITH EASY AND SIMPLICITY."A CRITIC COMMENTS THIS IN A MAGAZINE ARTICLE.
JONATHAN FOREMAN IN NEW YOUR POST PRAISES NOT ONLY WAHLBERG BUT THE MOVIE TOO, CALLING IT "AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE."
VERDICT
THE FIRST HALF IS HILARIOUS AND JOYFUL BUT THE SECOND TAKES TO MOVIE TO A SERIOUS END, MORE TO CAUTIONARY MORALISING AND LIFE LESSONS.
NEITHER A SPOOF NOR AN AFFECTIONATE MEMOIR, IT WAS LEFT TO A $17 MILLION GROSS IN THE STATES.
