A lot of rock movies like Music & Lyrics are too in-your-face for me, but this looks more my speed.
Man, I had so many problems with this movie, besides going for the shallowest of shallow cuts that didn't fit into the period. The movie seemed to be written by a huge misogynist, and my knee was jerking so much I could barely hear the movie. The really awesome cast was entirely wasted, and January Jones' character was somehow more "of the time" than Betty Draper. It wasn't funny. It was messy, but not fun or full of spirit (two things that allow messy films to get away with it (think Apatow)). And whenever Curtis didn't know what to do, he'd just cut to some random shot of people listening to the radio, instead of giving the actors something to do to occupy the film. It was a wasted premise that could have worked, but was instead about some blank slate of a kid trying to reconnect with his father and attempting to get laid. And at the end, lacking anything real to say, it went for the old cinematic trope of Rodney Dangerfield yelling "let's all go get laid!" without the benefit of Dangerfield to actually deliver the lines. Rock fans and comedy fans should avoid this film. People who have never heard of the sixties may enjoy it.
