Synopsis
In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that compels them to face their past, present, and future. Rocker Spyder, whose debut album was a huge hit saw his follow-on album bomb, causing him to retreat to his small hometown and give up. Seven years later, 27-year-old Spyder reconnects with his long-lost best friend and writer of his debut album Eric, son of a late great punk rock guitar legend, who has long settled into the sedate life of a suburban middle school music teacher. The reunion forces the two to recall their youthful ambitions and re-examine the choices they've made.
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Cast
- Kevin ZegersSpyder
- Jason RitterEric Genson
- Taryn ManningRose Atropos
- Lukas HaasClifton Hangar
- Max RosenbaumLittle Girl
- Aimee TeegardenAnnie Genson
- Billy MorrisonFashion Jones
- Lauren HollyLiza Genson
- James RansoneChip Genson
- Peter FondaAugust West
Recommendations
- 50
Los Angeles Times
Some grace notes and riffs ring true, but mainly it plays like a familiar tune on a broken record. - 40
Variety
Unfortunately, the unconvincing fictional storyline Rosenbaum weaves around this solid musical base hits every meller cliche in the "self-destructive rock star" playbook. - 40
The New York Times
An exhausted pileup of rock-movie clichés, The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll presents artistic self-destruction with the solemnity of a movie that has invented a spanking-new genre. - 40
New York Daily News
Those who go looking for tragic relevance in Scott Rosenbaum's debut indie won't find much to grasp onto. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
A limp piece of fan fiction about a fictional rock band's heyday and decline. - 30
Village Voice
The phoniness of their cross-country saga is compounded by a gaggle of cipher sidekicks. - 25
Slant Magazine
There's nothing inherently flawed about this nomadic and potentially life-affirming narrative, but Rosenbaum manages to instill every moment on the road with a sense of shrill conventionality. - 25
New York Post
You'd be better off renting "Eddie and the Cruisers" (1983) than slogging through this latest, far more dire recycling of the same rock clichés.
