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Ep. 74: Could Someone PLEASE Shoot This Jukebox?: Commit One’s Review of Rock of Ages


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Disclaimer: During the editing of this episode Sam realized that some of our mocking of the over-the-top acting in some scenes of this film could accidentally be misinterpreted by listeners as us mocking other aspects of those scenes such as the content. We apologize if anyone even briefly misunderstands our reactions as this was not our intent and we hope you still enjoy this episode.  

Well....at least there's good music? Will, Mike, and Sam journey back into the world of musicals with a film adaptation of a successful Broadway musical that doesn't quite hit all of the right notes in the 2012 film Rock of Ages. Despite a decent ensemble cast which includes Tom Cruise in his first musical as the rocker Stacee Jaxx and a good soundtrack consisting of covers of famous rock songs sung by the actors themselves, the good just does help the rather bland story at its core that is ultimately too overdone for a bloated two-hour runtime. It is so poorly made that even one of the stars (Alec Baldwin) disowned the film before it was even made. It really is anything but a good time, but the Commit One crew is ready to turn off their brains and sing along with the stupid.

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