The Rocker (movie)

The Rocker is a comedy movie. It was released on August 20, 2008. The movie stars Rainn Wilson, Josh Gad, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Will Arnett, Emma Stone, and Bradley Cooper. It was written by Maya Forbes & Wallace Wolodarsky. Wolodarsky is best known for his work on writing for The Simpsons.

The Rocker
Directed by	Peter Cattaneo
Written by	Maya Forbes & Wallace Wolodarsky Story by Ryan Jaffe
Produced by	Fox Atomic
Starring	Rainn Wilson Christina Applegate Teddy Geiger Josh Gad Will Arnett Emma Stone
Cinematography	Anthony B. Richmond
Music by	Tony Carrasco
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	August 20, 2008
Running time	102 Minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million[1]
Box office	$8.8 million (as of September 10, 2008)[1]

Opinions of the movie

Based on 92 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, The Rocker had an overall approval rating of 40 percent, with a weighted average score of 5.2/10.^[2] Entertainment Weekly gave it a C-, saying "the movie ... shamelessly ... rips off School of Rock, recycling its flaky-educator loser-of-the-gods premise, only this time in high school"^[3]

Box office

The Rocker was released on August 20, 2008 in the United States. It did not make as much money at the box office as it was expected to make. It opening at #12 with $2.64 million for its first weekend. The movie earned less than $7 million overall during its entire theatrical run.^[1] One of the stars of the movie, Emma Stone, had another movie (The House Bunny) open the same weekend. It earned much more than The Rocker, opening at #2.

Cast

• Rainn Wilson as Robert “Fish” Fishman, drummer
• Christina Applegate as Kim
• Josh Gad as Matt Gadman, keyboardist
• Teddy Geiger as Curtis Wood, lead vocalist and guitarist
• Emma Stone as Amelia, bassist
• Will Arnett as Lex