“It is never too late to rock!” is definitely the theme of this film which evolves around a rock band drummer, but which it does not rock at all. “The Rocker” is a film which lavishes a good idea by playing it too safely.

The story evolves around rock band drummer named Fish Fishman ("The Office’s" Rainn Wilson) who played for a hot hair band that were very close to sign an important record deal, but fell short due to some execs-relative scheme. The idea of the movie’s introductive part is that Fish never recovered from that disappointment. 

However, as the story continues, ten years later he moves in with relatives. His nephew Matt, played by Josh Gad, makes his own rock band, which consists of frontman guitarist Curtis (played by Teddy Geiger) and bass player Amelia (played by "Superbad’s"Emma Stone).

It’s not that hard to guess how the story continues. The young rock band has no drummer, needs one, so Fish ends up playing drums for the youngsters.

But when the film comes to the scenes where the rock band should kick ass with their stage performances, they inexplicably play it safe. The continuation of the film is, of course, pretty easy to anticipate: the band has its big breakthrough, Fish wants to party heavy, while the younger members of the band need chaperones.

“The Rocker” (script by Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky) is a film that won’t rock you, that’s for sure.