Mock and Roll (2017) User Reviews

This One Goes (Close To) Eleven

[TheAll-SeeingI · 10/10 · 17 April 2019]

Mockumentaries are easily botched, as those lads from Best In Show and Spinal Tap set such a high bar. But this one knows what it wants to be and really does nail the vision.

The people making this film knew they had to hit on all cylinders, and they did: The actors are clearly reveling in their roles, and it brings a heightened absurdity to things that fits a film in this genre like a glove. The music is spot-on and as convincing as a rock film, by its very definition, requires. And the writing really is clever: It takes a lot of intelligence to do this kind of schtick at an elite level.

I gotta say, with a bit of guilty pleasure, I absolutely loved it. Tune in, turn on, rock out!

Heh-heh-heh . . .

[dspires-71-592232 · 9/10 · 30 December 2018]

9 Stars (nothing is perfect), but what a romp! Silly, but well worth the effort, which for me was nil.

Minor spoiler alert:

For a native Ohioan who frequents downtown Columbus, the background, sets, as well as the T-shirts, made this a film to enjoy. Some difficulties arose with being imprisoned at a historic site that holds no prisoners (the Licking County Historic Jail), but an overall fun movie to watch. I'm hard to please, so nothing knocked me out of my chair, but there were quite a few magical moments of easy laughter, and one rewind to verify a scene.

"The doctor will see you now."

A bit overly silly, as the troupe was then allowed into a stairway (one that is actually marked "Stairway"). Not really the best of doctor's offices, so a few of the sets needed a bit of touchup work.

Remarkable. Fun. From start to finish, I enjoyed it.

Aditi Molly Bhanja (Robin). Beautiful singing voice! The roll of Robin was very well done. From what I can find, this appears to be her first film and I hope to see and hear a lot more from her.

Cheers and good luck to this cast.