The Rocker

• Comedy
• Music

A bittersweet comedy steeped in 1980s rock nostalgia, *The Rocker* charts the unlikely second chance of a washed-up drummer abruptly ejected from his band on the cusp of fame. Two decades later, grappling with stalled ambitions and a lingering sense of injustice, he finds a peculiar path back to the stage through his nephew’s earnest, if somewhat naive, high school garage band. The film distinguishes itself not through a predictable comeback narrative, but through its hilariously awkward collision of generations and a surprisingly poignant exploration of unrealized dreams versus the realities of aging and relevance. It's a feel-good story tinged with the melancholy of lost time, observing how a man-child stubbornly clinging to a past identity slowly rediscovers value in unexpected connections and a renewed—though very different—creative outlet.