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Rock & Rule

Play trailer Poster for Rock & Rule PG Released Apr 15, 1983 1h 25m Musical Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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An animated rock fable about a superstar's quest for power, featuring songs by Deborah Harry, Cheap Trick and Lou Reed.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed An oddity of an adult animated film, but it's one that every self respecting animation fan should watch at least once. Jan 2, 2017 Full Review Kevin A. Ranson MovieCrypt.com ... hints at a grander finished product if more time and money had been available. Rated: 2.0/4.0 Jul 6, 2006 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...unpleasant and underwhelming... Rated: 0/4 Jul 17, 2005 Full Review Keith Breese Filmcritic.com Rock & Rule is a masterpiece of outr animation and wildly ambitious vision and remains a triumph in animated feature film. Rated: 4/5 Jun 4, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Paul H This movie was as cool as Heavy Metal, the company should have pushed the film more, given it better publicity than they did. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/02/23 Full Review Duke L What can I say other than It was a fantastic and unique experience. Now I'm not going to sit there and say it's awful like other people that shall not be named writing these reviews cause it's not what you like. Well, guess what different strokes for different folks just because you don't like it doesn't mean it was a bad movie. Reviews hurt views and I'm going to say in my opinion It was great the songs were good the characters were memorable sometimes it was hard to hear the voice acting over the music but for the time the animation was stellar so I didn't really care that much about the small flaws. For anyone interested in old Animation this is a must watch Dont listen to the negative people on here you do you and watch what you want half of the negative views are just trolls that either doesn't like animation doesn't like music doesn't like anything old doesn't like anything new or it's not their bag which is wrong cause they could be steering away people that may like it It's a big problem on here and it's been a glaring problem since rotten tomatoes had started It's good movie give it a watch if you don't like it you can join their legion of the hating undead. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/18/23 Full Review Audience Member A unique animated '80s flop, Rock and Rule is strange, noisy and even a bit trippy with inconsistent voice acting, unusual number of jump cuts (probably because I saw the official YouTube version which went for a "best of both worlds" approach with the Canadian cut containing elements from the American cut) and the main protagonist being a jerk for most of the movie. And I still think it worthy of the term "underrated" thanks to good animation, a fun uniquely-designed villain, jokes that I actually found legit funny and, as you'd expect from a movie with that title, awesome music especially during the climax. Long story short: this animated flop is nothing like all the other huge animated flops because this one's 2D animated rather than fully CGI, and also because it's actually decent. Not bad for a Canadian animation studio that's mostly known for cartoons for babies. I didn't fall in love with Rock and Rule as much as I hoped but if you're an animation enthusiast, I do think you should check it out. You'll probably find something to love. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Joya de la animación para adultos muy infravalorada paso muy desapercibida es una película totalmente nostálgica llena de todos los clitches de la época de manera hermosa y bizarra la animación retro te sumerge en el mundo y si eso no lo hace lo hará la fenomenal música. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member The music does indeed rock and the animation does indeed rule, but like so many of the punk-influenced records from this era, there is more style than substance at play. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Tried to be "Heavy Metal." Failed. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An animated rock fable about a superstar's quest for power, featuring songs by Deborah Harry, Cheap Trick and Lou Reed.
Director
Clive A. Smith
Rating
PG
Genre
Musical, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 15, 1983, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 25m
Sound Mix
Surround