Catholic News Service
Shameless sentimentality and cheerful, consequence-free debauchery make for an unsettling mix in the heavy-metal musical romance “Rock of Ages.”
Director Adam Shankman’s screen version of Chris D’Arienzo’s hit Broadway paean to the glories of Reagan-era rock set in 1987 and penned by D’Arienzo in collaboration with Justin Theroux and Allan Loeb at least has the good sense never to take itself too seriously.