Friday, June 2, 2017

The Rocker (2008)


Released August 20th in the US.
Filmed in Canada and Ohio.
The story : It's 1986.
The hair-band Vesuvius is at the top of their game and looking for a record deal to come through for them.
The good news arrives for the band and a label wants to sign them only there is one problem.
The label wants the band to drop founding member Fish who plays the drums in the band.

The rest of the members don't want to sell out and drop their friend and are just about ready to say no when their manager tells them something that makes them change their mind.
It's all they need to hear and just like that they drop their good buddy Fish.
Some 20 years later , Fish is a working stiff and living day to day.
Vesuvius has gone on to make killer album after album and no matter how much Fish tries to forget about them , they are always in his face.
Fish's girlfriend kicks him out of her house and breaks up with him.
He now finds himself living at his sisters house.
Fish's high school aged nephew is in a band and when they are set to play at the prom  , they get the news that their drummer cant be with them.
So Fish's nephew decides to ask him to play the drums for them.
Stars Rainn Wilson , Fred Armisen , Bradley Cooper , Lonny Ross , Jon Glaser , Jane Krakowski , Christina Applegate , Teddy Geiger , Josh Gad , Emma Stone , Jeff Garlin , Jane Lynch
Directed by Peter Cattaneo
Rated PG13
COMEDY

"Some people carry a rabbits foot. I like to carry a pocket of puke."

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