Rock of Ages Review
“Don’t Stop Believin,” a popular 80’s song by Journey, is one of the constant themes in this film. Sherrie (Julianne Hough), a small-town girl from Oklahoma, moves to L.A with hopes of becoming a famous singer. When she steps off the Greyhound bus to L.A.’s Sunset Strip, Sherrie is welcomed by a some abusive prostitutes and a thug who steals her suitcase. However, things quickly brighten up when she meets Drew (Diego Boneta), an employee at the infamous Bourbon Room; who also has high hopes of becoming a rock star. We not only see the young couple fall madly in love, we also see their struggles and successes, as they try to make it in Hollywood! Rock of Ages is based on a stage musical set in the 1980’s. With the excessive sexual content and drug and alcohol issues, I do not recommend this film for film for kids!
Rating: 1 1/2 out of 5 buckets.
Release Date: October 9, 2012
MPAA Rating: PG13
Best Age Group: 18+
Sexual Content: Excessive
Violent Content: Mild
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Excessive
Will Kids Like It? No
Talking Points:
Although the movie is sleazy, full of inappropriate sexual scenes; the film tries to highlight the fact that being in a relationship with someone you love, will ultimately make you happier than sleeping around with anyone you meet; as Tom Cruise’s character did. However, the viewers are drenched with the sexual scenes and excessive alcohol use.
As previously mentioned, there are some nice messages to “follow your dreams,” and not give up on your goals and aspirations.
The film has a great cast, to name a few; Tom Cruise, who does an amazing job of playing Stecee Jaxx, a fictional rock star, also Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Julianne Hough.
Adults may be entertained by the 80’s tunes, and fun musical scenes. Though the storyline with the young lovers is very cheesy and corny; with poor acting.
Sexual Content: Excessive
- Men are shown grabbing women’s privates at the bar.
- Sherrie temporarily works as a stripper. We see several scenes with the stripper’s erotically pole dancing.
- Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) is shown in two very exotic sexual encounters; in my opinion these were R-rated scenes.
- We see women wearing only their bra and panties; in several suggestive scenes.
- The famous rock star often greets women by grabbing their breasts, and commenting on how firm they are.
- There are several close up scenes with couples passionately kissing.
- There are several suggestive comments and references to oral sex.
Violent Content: Mild
- A character is thrown off the stage.
- One characters slaps another character.
Crude or Profane Language: Moderate
- The f-word is said once. “Sh-t,” “h—,” “a–,” and “b–ch,” are said several times each.
Drugs and Alcohol Content: Excessive
- The famous rock star (played by Tom Cruise) is shown repeatedly drinking whiskey out of the bottle. He is often drunk and incoherent.
Will Kids Like It? No
The movie may try to instill a good message, and have a worthy theme, however the messages are skewed by the very inappropriate sexual content. Rock of Ages is NOT a film for kids! Take your youngsters to Madagascar 3, and your teens to The Avengers, they’ll get a lot more out of it
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