Rock Star
2001
**½
Director: Stephen Herek
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West, Timothy Spall, Timothy Olyphant, Dagmara Dominczyk, Michael Wiles, Beth Grant
An obsessive rock fan who refuses to grow up gets to live the dream as the new singer of his favourite band, Steel Dragon. However, sex, drug and rock n' roll don't turn out to be as much fun as he thought. The film begins as a silly but likeable comedy and ends as a conservative morality tale, inbetween it gives us rock clichés with a straight face as if This Is Spinal Tap never happened. Mark Wahlberg looks the part but he only lip-synchs the songs. Loosely based on the true story of Tim "Ripper" Owens, a tribute band singer who joined Judas Priest.
