Movie Review: Rock of Ages

I am a HUGE fan of 80s music.  It is my absolute favorite genre!!  I had free movie passes to see Rock of Ages last weekend so I made my fiance go with me.  He is not a fan of musicals.  This is my personal opinion of the movie.

This movie was based on the musical Rock of Ages.  It starts with Sherrie and Drew, two young wannabe famous singers that have moved to the big city to find fame.  Julianne Hough plays her typical innocent, squeaky girl with her sub-par singing.  I am a fan of Julianne and she is very cute; however, I have heard much better singers and I feel like she played up the acting a bit too much.  Drew was played by Diego Boneta, who actually started to grow on me throughout the movie.  I think he will be seen in a lot new movies.  He was in some teenie bopper movies in the past and I am sure was glad to land such a lead role. 
Sherrie and Drew had great chemistry and shared a sweet innocence throughout the movie.  I am a sap for cheesy chick flicks, so I enjoyed their scenes together. 

Catherine Zeta-Jones played an annoying role of Patricia Whitmore, wife of a politician, who is anti- rock n roll.  I was not impressed with the portrayal of Christianity in this movie.  They showed many stereotypes and included scenes in a church which were less than flattering.  I was not impressed with Catherine in this movie; although she is a decent actress.  She could do with a little less botox as it was hard for her to move her eyebrows.

Tom Cruise playing Stacee Jaxx was very comical.  He did a great job with this role and showed the angst that came with being in rock bands of this decade.  His monkey side kick provided great comic relief for me as well. 

Russell Brand always annoys me in anything that he does.  He does not seem funny to me and I don't care for his singing.  That is all.

Alec Baldwin is great at playing a train wreck.  He fit role of a struggling night club owner to a T.  His role brought the whole movie full-circle by his owning and running the Bourbon club which is the main atmosphere for the movie. 

My fiance thought there was entirely too much music in this movie.  It was a little over two hours long and contained a lot of music.  I can see why he felt this way; however, I loved singing and dancing along to all of the great music of the 80s!  These were some of my favorite hits which I listen to regularly on my Ipod. :)

In closing, don't expect the best acting or surprising plot.  I felt like it had some good parts and truly enjoyed the songs!   I would give it 3.5 out of 5 stars!!!  (I would also not recommend bringing a child under 13 to this movie as it has a mature nature that most musicals share)