We don’t have a lot to add. We haaaate Rainn Wilson. Dude is an insufferable one-trick-pony who does the same bit over and over again (see “The Office,” “My Super Ex-Girlfriend,” and “Juno” which he almost help ruin). “The Rocker” stars Rainn Wilson and Christina Applegate, but curiously enough she’s hardly (or not even in?) this trailer.
Remember the endearing “School of Rock”? If that was PG-13 audiences. This is one is for, uhhh… PG 15 ones (slightly older kids) and stoners that will laugh at fucking anything. Ok, we’ll admit, there’s some marginally funny bits in the trailer, but Wilson will surely ruin the movie with his tired shtick. On the plus side it does feature cute Emma Stone from “Superbad,” but keep in mind: this film was completed ages ago. The official site for this thing (which still reads “coming spring 2008!”) was up at least six months ago, which means it had a release date long ago, a site was prepped and the date got pushed – which is never a good sign (we featured it in our spring movie preview, cause at one point it was coming out in April – now it’s fucking August!)
Oh yeah, “the plot.” Rainn Wilson plays a retard, older drummer who gets one last shot at fame when he gets to play drums in a high school prom band (can you hear our eyes rolling from there?).