IMDb plot summary: A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Directed by Adam Shankman. Starring Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, and Tom Cruise.
This movie is complete nonsense as far as story goes, with a very cliched storyline, hammy acting, and an incredibly implausible ending. However, the music makes it all worth it. Overall, this is a very quality soundtrack, with editing that very nicely shows off the theatricality of the numbers. (Honestly, rock + Broadway is a great combination... some of the best rock songs are the most theatrical.) It's a longish movie, but it's 2/3 singing, so it's well worth it. It's not a great movie, but it's a very, very fun musical. 4 stars.
Best Part: Tom Cruise is incredible in this - most wonderfully charismatic singer in the entire thing. I totally bought his character as a rock star.
Worst Part: "Can't Fight This Feeling." Not silly enough to be funny, not serious enough to be moving, so it just sits in this horrible in-between place.
Flickchart: #383, below The Hunger Games and above 12 Monkeys.
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