Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages (2012)

PG-13 123 min - Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance - 13 June 2012

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A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

Director:  Adam Shankman

Stars:  Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Malin Åkerman, Paul Giamatti, Bryan Cranston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Erica Frene, Shane Hartline, James Martin Kelly, Mary J. Blige, Will Forte, Eli Roth, Matthew Rush Sullivan, Michael Olusczak, Anthony Bellissimo, Celina Beach, Angelo Valderrama, Dan Finnerty, Kevin Nash, Jeff Chase, Chantel Gonsalves, Tyne Stecklein, Hanna Lee Sakakibara, Jaimie Goodwin, Anne Fletcher, Denise Faye, Marriann Nelson, C.J. Tywoniak, Maxwell Terlecki, Robert Reef, Marcus Johns, Vivi Pineda, Aniela McGuinness, Elvire Emanuelle, David Gibbs, Daniel Wills, Prince Shah, Benjamin Malone, Arielle Reitsma, Anya Garnis, Barry Habib, Constantine Maroulis, Heather Leigh Davis, Josh Randall, Jack Mountford, Elgin Kos Aponte, Veronica Berry, Karelix Alicea, T.J. Miller, Choice Gray, Sophie Cook, Tawni Edwards, Natalia Gonzalez, Tara Nicole Hughes, Kelsey Lack, Mary Ann Lamb, Isis Masoud, Jill Nicklaus, Maria Ines Serritella, Jenni Lynn Thomasson, Kelly Truzzolino, Shana Burns, Ian Joseph Paget, Shekitra Starke, Alexis Adler, Danielle Core, Chelsea Corp, Chriz Embroz, Lina Ferrera, Susie Garcia, Tony Gonzalez, Michelle Elizabeth Griffith, Milena Hale, Ann Lewin, Marissa Alma Nick, Hector Silva, Katrina Rose Tandy, Katherine Akra, Billy Angell, Alethea Austin, Michael Balderrama, Janet Briceño, Jenyne Butterfly, Bubba Carr, Lisa Marie Cordoba, Jocelyn Dowling, Jennifer Fain, Marlo Fisken, Scott Fowler, Anthony Jude Francisco, Courtney Galiano, Brittany Grimsley, Neil Haskell, Michael Higgins, Scott Hislop, Grace Jones, Cris Judd, Keith Kuhl, Brooke Upton, Tiffany Maher, Tiger Martina, Angelique Martinez, Mark Myars, Frank Meli, Carolyn Pace, Nathan Prevost, Danielle Rueda-Watts, Julie Wiesman, Tovaris Wilson, William Wingfield, Joseph Akharoh Jr., Marnie Alexenburg, Liannette Altuve, Alain Alvarez, Pearce Blair, Andrew Blandina, Brandon Blondun, Lashawn Butler, Gail Byer, Alex Caceres, Lorraine Caporaso, Santos Caraballo, Brad Champion, Heather Ashley Chase, Jordan M. Cohen, Shawn Copenhaver, Anna Crossley, Patrice Cruz, Ellen Marguerite Cullivan, Sarah Dandashy, Terra Dawn, Christopher De Stefano, Jordana DePaula, Robert di Scipio, Christopher Diaz, Eric Ditman, Adam Dormi, Donald Dowd, Corinne Engstrom, Ely Feldman, Marcelo Feldman, Tracey Ferrara, Frenchi Firecracker, Katie Flynn, Patrick Fox, Blake French, Eduardo M. Freyre, Brett Friedmann, Ricardo Fumasoli, Juan Gallo, Jason Gatto, Katherine Gilton, Buddha Gonzalez, Jessica Guadix, Mike Guzman, Randy Herman, Angel Luis Hernández, JLynne Herrington, Derek Hough, Tamara Jones, Shauna Kae Lauritzen, Valentina Karantoni, Irene Kelly, Sean Patrick Kennedy, Grant Koo, Helmy Lavezzari, David W. LeBlanc, Tracy Lee, Gisselle Legere, Laurel Levey, Christian Ijin Link, John Archer Lundgren, Constantine Malahias, Janelle Marie, Kira Marie, John McGlothlin, John McKarthy, Stephanie McLane, Tom Milana, Taylor Anthony Miller, Jim Mitchell, Kary Musa, Maria Musebrink, Margeaux Nelson, Scott Opiela, Mina Ownlee, Antonio Padin, Susan Pages, Tatiana Paris, B.J. Parker, Jennie Parrish, Nicholas X. Parsons, Indra Patel, Heathyre Perara, Ryan Powers, Julie Anne Prescott, Lisa Marie Quillinan, Heidi Rae, Andrew Raffelson, Terry L. Reed, Christina Rodriguez, Joe Rodriguez, Tony Saiz, Katie Schaar, Metisha Schaefer, Danny Shamon, Ron Shimshilashvili, Julia Shure, Veronica Viruet Simpson, Jaime Ray Soto, Craig C. Stewart, Frank Tedesco, Lacey Toups, Mayra Vallejo, Charles Van Dyke, Giovanni Velazquez, Vanessa Volt, Tracy Weisert, Jennifer Wolfson, Jason Wool, Carmela Zumbado

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Storyline

A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

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Collections: Adam Shankman

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Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance

Details

Official Website:  —

Country:   United States of America

Language:  English, Thai

Release Date:  13 June 2012

Box Office

Company Credits

Production Companies:  New Line Cinema, Offspring Entertainment, Corner Store Entertainment, Material Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 03 min

Rock of Ages is based on the Broadway musical of the same name. This story examines the trials and tribulations of life on stage. Set in 1987, Sherrie and Drew are two young people who are chasing their wildest dreams in Los Angeles. They are a love at first sight story, but they will face many challenges in their whirlwind romance. This adult movie is about sex, drugs, drinking, and Rock and Roll, and this parental guide to the movies does not think that it is good family fun. The Rock of Ages is an adult movie.

Rock of Ages features a great soundtrack that pays tribute to all of the greats of the 1980s. The soundtrack features Styx, Journey, Pat Benatar, Bon Jovi, Twisted Sister, Poison, and Steve Perry to name a few. The story begins in a Hollywood bar/club called the Bourbon Room. Here Drew, working as a busboy and hoping to make it big, meets Sherrie. Their dreams face challenges when the Cityäó»s Mayor decides to clean up the Sunset Strip and abandon the seedy lifestyle of the area. This Rock of Ages plot is set to a power-house soundtrack. Sherrie gets fired from the strip club and Drew comforts her.

Sherri then goes to work for a äóìgentlemanäó»s clubäó nearby. Like many who come to LA to chase their dreams, Sherrie ends up working as a stripper. The only redeeming point is that Sherrie is ashamed of her job when she meets Drew on the street. The Rock of Ages movie has excessive drunkenness, a plot that involves a stripper at a gentlemanäó»s club, lap dances, violence, and lots of sexual references. Do I need to go on, or does this sound closer to an R yet?

It is hard to see where this movie is going with all of the sex, drugs and rock and roll. However, the ending is surprising. In a Leave It to Beaver ending, Drew and Sherrie realize the intensity of their love for each other. Sherrie quits the club and they all go off to raise a family and settle down. This seems an unlikely end to the movie, but nonetheless, they did it. This ending has a tendency to leave one dazed, confused and surprised.

If you like 80s rock and enjoy scantily clad women strippers in clubs, this Rock of Ages movie is for you. There are plenty of bedroom scenes, as one could expect from this type of movie. This family movie guide does not think that it is a good movie for the entire family. Calling this one a PG-13 is quite a stretch. This one got by on a technicality. The content is there, but they apparently did not cross the line as far as nudity is concerned to make it an R. However, this parental guide to the movies thinks that it is close. Perhaps Brave or Madagascar 3 would be a better choice for a family movie.