filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

classicsoncall What you have here is about sixty minutes of song numbers wrapped around about twenty five minutes of story. For music fans, I don't know where else you'd go to see some of the acts on display here, and quite honestly, as a kid growing up in the Fifties, I had never heard even a single song before that was featured in this film. Not many of the acts made it apparently, the ones that did you'll know right off - Chuck Berry and La Vern Baker are the best examples, with The Moonglows, The Flamingoes and Frankie Lymon all making their mark in the picture. A surprise for me was seeing Alan Freed actually singing a tune called 'Rock n Roll Boogie' with his band, that's an item I'll have to add to my trivia list.What there is of a story has to do with teenage Dori (a thirteen year old Tuesday Weld) attempting to get her Dad (Jack Collins) to spring for a strapless gown for the high school prom! Apparently this was pretty bold stuff for the Fifties, and I couldn't help but think that the dress shop scene could have used Abbott and Costello to provide some energy on that thirty dollar/forty five dollar routine. I tried to follow it for a while but decided it was pointless enough to just let it go.I also had to wonder why the story didn't follow up on an early premise when Tommy (Teddy Randazzo) suggested a big surprise for anyone watching the Alan Freed TV show. After most of the acts got through their numbers, Tommy was introduced as a local talent show winner, and there was no reaction shot from Dori and her friend Arabella (Fran Manfred) watching at home. It wasn't until his song was almost done that the camera picked the girls up and their response was like watching just another act.Well take it for what it's worth. This one belongs in one of those times capsules they dig up centuries from now to figure out what life was like eons ago. Won't they be surprised?

bkoganbing The generation which made the music featured in Rock Rock Rock is now starting to live on its Social Security and IRAs and a considerable number of them spend a lot of money going to nostalgia concerts where some of the groups you see performing here are still performing for the audience who remembered them when. In fact its the music that makes the film endurable.It sure isn't the acting, the players perform on a par with some of the junior high school plays I remember. In fact it would have gotten from me a few more stars had the producers just dispensed with imbecilic plot and just presented a rock and roll revue hosted by Alan Freed.Tuesday Weld made her screen debut in this and it's a miracle that the woman went on to a fine career and some great acting roles after she was through being a teenage sex kitten. The plot such as it is has Weld trying to con her friends and parents out of enough money to get a dress for her prom.Her leading man in the film is Teddy Randazzo, lead singer with The Chuckles who was a fine singer and an even better songwriter later on. But as an actor he was horrible. He never had the direction that teen idols like Fabian and Frankie Avalon appearing in some major films with some big industry names. Maybe if he had it might have worked better for him for the big screen. But my guess is that he was happy with the direction his career went. Like Tuesday, he must have winced when seeing Rock Rock Rock.

DKosty123 A lot of people made their film debut in this film. Tuesday Weld (Dori Graham)is the obvious one- & only 13 years young here playing an older girl who wants to go to the prom only to have to maneuver her way past Gloria (Jacqueline Kerr) in her only screen performance. In his premiere screen performance, Chuck Berry @ age 30 performs one number. It is sad that this is his first performance on screen but the color line was still in place in Hollywood. Alan Freed, ahead of his time in putting this film on screen, is very ahead in how he featured many black rock performers in this film. All the performances are good though the dubbing is crude.You can tell by going through the groups in the cast about the color line as some of these performers do not show another screen credit until the 1960's or 1970's. Some of them have no other screen credits. Teddy Randazzo (Tommy Rogers) is on screen for a rare performance as most of his work is on soundtracks over the years. He is Weld & Kerrs love interest here.There is little plot here as the film is more of a showcase for the music than anything else. The music is classic rock & roll from the 1950's with Connie Francis providing the voice for Weld.In the prom scene, a 17 year old Valerie Harper (Rhoda on Mary Tyler Moore) shows up as a dancer. There is plenty of dancing & music at the prom. Wish Chuck Berry would have gotten another number, but the one he does is just fine though Freed mentions one of Berry's hits when introducing him. Freed is a band-leader here though he is also a bit of an emcee like Dick Clark in his role here.

ptb-8 This essential time capsule musical from the very dawn of Rock and Roll is really beyond criticism. Many other comments bleat about the quality and the story, but really, would you prefer it did not exist? Is "EIGHT MILE" or (groan) "COOL AS ICE"or (double groan) "GET RICH OR DIE Trying'' a better reminder of their music and time in history? Alan Freed should be almost revered for the work he did in promoting rock and roll in the mid 50s and it is because of him this astonishing record of fascinating music acts of 1955/56 exists. Reacting to it as if it was made today is ridiculous. ROCK ROCK ROCK is a complete world unto itself and made with a keen-ness to entertain and elate through some of the essential music stars of the day. It is also charming. Something none of the other three films mentioned above are or could be in the slightest., given their retarded aggression. ROCK ROCK ROCK is fun and a real surprise. A good complimentary film is the 1976 drama "AMERICAN HOT WAX" which is a bio of Alan Freed with spectacular recreations of the 50s and the Brooklyn Paramount days with Freed causing dancing strife with uptight authorities. Believe it or like it or not.