Rock of Ages

"It's not every day that you get to see two great American traditions - guitar/bass/drums rock music and Tin Pan Alley musical theater - so thoroughly, mutually degraded."

"This affectionate glam-rock-a-thon represents a visually bland staging of frankly insipid material, never tapping into the raucous, go-for-broke energy that would spin the show's cliches into gold, let alone platinum."

"Disposable, overly long fun best enjoyed with BFFs and a bevvie."

"Fans of Moulin Rouge–esque repurposing will be in hog heaven. Everyone else will want to hop that midnight train going anywhere pronto."

"Director Shankman succeeds in draining most of the fun from a vehicle that was all about the winking humor of its flagrant cheesiness."

"Director Adam Shankman manages to make this film adaptation of the hit Broadway jukebox musical a red hot summer blast for people who grew up with glam metal—or just can't escape it on the radio."