The Rocker
As a drummer with the '80s hair band Vesuvius, Robert 'Fish' Fishman lived his dream as a rock 'n' roll demigod until his band mates kicked him out. Twenty years after he is given a second chance at fame when he hears that his nephew's high school rock band A.D.D. is looking for a new drummer.
14 July 1960, Dolton, Illinois, USA
20 March 1995, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
31 December 1978, Welland, Ontario, Canada
4 May 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
16 September 1988, Rochester, New York, USA
25 November 1988, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
October 14, 2012
The Rocker is more Keane than Keith Moon: slow, safe and about as edgy as a tangerine.
February 06, 2009
...an agreeable, sporadically hilarious comedy that benefits substantially from the almost uniformly strong performances.
August 22, 2008
It's a slave to formula, and it hits its marks satisfyingly enough to make for a pleasant time-passer, but Wilson and a loaded supporting cast are never as funny as they should be.
January 08, 2009
Perhaps The Rocker's most annoying feature is that it isn't completely terrible.
August 22, 2008
The melody of The Rocker feels predictable but the beat is refreshingly off-kilter.
October 17, 2008
As a movie, it may not rock, but it rolls along nicely enough.
August 20, 2008
The film equivalent of an inoffensive throwaway track, what we used to call a B-side, back in the days of Vesuvius.
August 22, 2008
The Rocker has the requisite vomit, the view of some very unfortunate hind quarters and the suds. It's also got a vein of sweetness and charm.
February 12, 2009
Just because one is a scene stealer on TV does not mean he or she is big screen material, period, much less a movie star.
November 21, 2008
A whacked-out, superannuated, would-be rock star might seem to be too easy a comic target, but Wilson gives this sad sack so many fresh twists that he never wears out his welcome.
January 29, 2009
All premise and no purpose.
