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109 of 127 people found the following review helpful.
More fun than expected – funny, good singing, and real star power from Tom Cruise
By scot16897
I saw “Rock of Ages” in a sneak preview tonight, and was pleasantly surprised by the overall experience. I had not seen the stage production, but I’ve seen some other stage musicals converted to movies, and have been generally disappointed, sometimes appalled (I’m looking at you, “Mama Mia!”)Set in 1987, the general plot involves a pair of newcomers to Hollywood, trying to become rock stars, but finding the closest they can get is working in the hottest rock & roll club on the Hollywood Strip. From here, the story expands to include the owners of the club, a politician and his wife who are fighting the corrupting influence of rock music, and the biggest rock god on the planet, Stacee Jaxx, played by Tom Cruise.The movie starts out pretty cheesy, and the first few numbers garnered some giggles from the crowd, but when Tom Cruise arrives, he kicks the entire show into high gear. Say what you will about him off screen, the man is a star onscreen, and does a phenomenal job in this role.The music was pretty solid, with the rock songs of the 80s performed by the actors. In stark contrast to Mama Mia!, the songs here have been studio produced, and sound great, avoiding the bad karaoke effect such performances often have. For the most part, the actors are not known for singing (who knew Tom Cruise and Alec Baldwin could sing? OK so maybe Baldwin wasn’t the strongest singer, but still decent for his role…) Julianne Hough was likeable enough as the female lead, but surprisingly (considering a music career), her singing wasn’t as good as some others.The movie got progressively better, and was quite funny. But Tom Cruise carries this musical, and did so not only with very solid acting, but a shockingly decent rock and roll voice. Without him, this would have been an unremarkable show. With him, it is a fun movie that had people in the audience singing along with the film.

62 of 75 people found the following review helpful.
Wow! Cruise, Zeta-Jones and Baldwin Take You On Wild, Funny Musical Ride!
By Lorenzo M. in the Hollywood CA Area
MOVIE REVIEW #38: ” Rock of Ages “The first thing I want to say is that this film is about the Music of the 80′s! – Having been a young `whipper-snapper’ at the time – what surprised me most about this film – was that it was FUNNY!. Laugh out loud funny. That alone, seems to take the entire audience I was with by surprise. So-much-so, that they applauded and laughed throughout the film out loud. Like me!Hearing these songs done by Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible, Top Gun) singing Bon Jovi’s classic “Wanted Dead or Alive,” (YES TOM SINGS AND VERY WELL TOO!) to Def Leppard’s hit “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” and Guns `N Roses anthem “Paradise City.” Along with Cruise then doing duets with Malin Akerman (The Proposal, Watchmen) on Foreigner’s power ballad, “I Want To Know What Love Is,” and shares the mic with Julianne Hough (Footloose-2011, Burlesque) on The Scorpions’ “Rock You Like A Hurricane.” …was a cinematic shock to me. As well as a hysterically performed, yet really heartfelt delivery, duet of my fav REO Speedwagon song “I Can’t Fight This Feeling” between charismatic Alec Baldwin (30 Rock, Beetlejuice) and an off-the-wall Russell Brand (Arthur, Get Him To The Greek). (SPOILER: Yes, the song title tells it all!)Based on the Broadway play – which premiered at the King King club in Hollywood, CA in 2005 transferred to the Vanguard theatre in Los Angeles, CA and finally went to the Broadway stage in 2009 – It was written by Justin Theroux (Iron Man 2, Tropic Thunder), Chris DArienzo (Hot, Barry Monday) and Allan Loeb (21, Just Go With It) it tells the story of small town girl from Ohio, Sherrie – played electrically and brilliantly by Julianne Hough and the L.A. city boy Drew, again played brilliantly by Diego Bonita (Mean Girls 2, 90210) who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock ‘n’ roll romance is told through other heart-pounding hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Night Ranger, Pat Benatar, Steve Perry, Twisted Sister, Poison and Whitesnake .Director Adam Shankman (Hairspray, Bedtime Stories) did his best to make you tap your feet, sing along and – again – make you laugh out loud. He threaded the simple story using the dynamics of the performances and the clever `mashed’ songs of the 80′s. He definatle got the looks and hair styles of the time and even slams the popular `boy bands’ of the time. Hysterically! From scene #1 – It’s got dance, choreography and bright colors…even an adjusted LA Skyline for the times!Tom Cruise, as Stacee Jaxx, gives another amazingly eclectic, strange, exotic (and sometime erotically suggestive) and funny performance. And I never knew he could sing. Amazing voice – yes it is him – and great musical `chops’ to carry the film. Bravo Tom!Another stand-out performance was Cathrine Zeta-Jone (Chicago, The Terminal) as the religious wife of the Mayor of Los Angeles on vengeful (and personal) vendetta again Tom Cruise character the rock star himself, Stacee Jaxx! She is spicy, passionate with dance and funny and boy she can sing her version of Pat Benatar’s most popular hit “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”. Bravisimo Cathrine!Also some other standout performances came from Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Saving Private Ryan) as the crummy musical agent, singer-songwriter Mary J Blige (Entourage, Ghost Whisperer) as the club manager who takes Sherrie under her wing and Malin Ackerman (The Hearbreak Kid, Catch .44) as the confused Rolling Stone Magazine Reporter. Included are hidden cameos of REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin and Debbie Gibson themselves!My only concern is that if you were not familiar with these great songs of the 80′s…will the newer generations of audiences get it? I hope so. I’m sure they will get the humor, but like me, will they be singing along out loud with the rest of the crowd – like first screenings audience I saw it with who remembers the time – way back when `Music Had Messages’? (Kinda’ of like my experience at the theatre with the film version of Mamma Mia…you couldn’t help but sing along – out loud to the hits of ABBA!) This was a fun and – most importantly – funnier than I ever expected! Another good fun family (PG-13 for provocativeness) film that tells its entire simple story – through its music! GO see it!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Wow
By Lucette Lemesh
Fell in love with Tom Cruise! This brought back so many good memories. I went and downloaded the soundtrack. Who knew Tom Cruise could sing!

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