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Rock of Ages (2012)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.3
Rock of Ages poster

Overview

A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Negative

Overview

A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Fandango
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film leans left by framing a conservative moral crusade against rock music and artistic freedom as the central antagonist, ultimately championing individual expression and counter-culture values.

The movie features some visible diversity in its cast, including a Mexican-American lead and a prominent Black supporting character, but these roles do not represent explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white characters. The narrative does not explicitly critique traditional identities, instead focusing on a conflict against conservative moralism.

Secondary

Rock of Ages includes a prominent, comedic same-sex relationship between Lonny and Stacee Jaxx. While played for laughs and not central, their connection is depicted as genuine for Lonny and culminates positively. The portrayal avoids harmful stereotypes or negative outcomes, neither strongly affirming nor denigrating LGBTQ+ identity, fitting a neutral, incidental depiction.

The film portrays a conservative, moralizing form of Christianity through Patricia Whitmore, who leads a hypocritical crusade against rock music. Her religious rhetoric is satirized and ultimately condemned by the narrative as a front for judgmental and controlling behavior.

Rock of Ages does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on traditional rock-and-roll tropes, romance, and self-discovery within its ensemble cast, without engaging with transgender identities or experiences.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film is an adaptation of the Broadway musical. All major characters, including Sherrie, Drew, Stacee Jaxx, Dennis, Lonny, and Justice, maintain their established genders from the source material. While some minor roles or antagonist functions are altered or new, no character canonically established as one gender is portrayed as another.

The film adapts the Broadway musical. Key characters like Sherrie, Drew, and Stacee Jaxx are portrayed by actors matching the established race from the stage production. The character of Justice Charlier, played by Mary J. Blige, has been portrayed by actresses of various races in the musical, so her casting does not constitute a race swap from a canonically established race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
5.9
The Movie Database logo
6.2

Critic Ratings

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4.3
Metacritic logo
4.7

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