The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll 2011

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: An exhausted pileup of rock-movie cliches, "The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll" presents artistic self-destruction with the solemnity of a movie that has invented a spanking-new genre. Read more

Sam Adams, Time Out: Scott Rosenbaum's pallid grunge-messiah music pic neither burns out nor fades away -- try sputtering like a cigarette butt in a bottle of warm Bud Light. Read more

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: Unconvincing rock-biz melodrama feels even thinner when invoking legendary musicians. Read more

Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: Some grace notes and riffs ring true, but mainly it plays like a familiar tune on a broken record. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Those who go looking for tragic relevance in Scott Rosenbaum's debut indie won't find much to grasp onto. Read more

Lou Lumenick, 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 cliches. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: Unfortunately, the unconvincing fictional storyline Rosenbaum weaves around this solid musical base hits every meller cliche in the "self-destructive rock star" playbook. Read more

Nick Schager, Village Voice: Scott Rosenbaum's film is 10 tracks of cliches, dutifully trading in drugs, daddy issues, attempted suicide, gunfights, hotel trashings, regret, artistic and romantic jealousy, betrayal, ecstasy, and tragedy. Read more