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A light-hearted comedy about a pair of English aristocrats forced to rent out their estate to an American band and pose as their servants. This is a vehicle solely for the enhancement of Peter O'Toole and no one else. Alicia Silverstone is completely underused, with her supporting role barely a bit more than a cameo; it could've been anyone else in that role and the movie would've still been the same. This movie is okay to watch on a rainy afternoon, while you are channel surfing.
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I think the negative critics take this movie a little too seriously...it's meant to be just plain fun and it succeeds! O'Toole and Plowright are adorable and the rest of the cast mesh really well. The icing on the cake is the excellent music!! I'm so mad they didn't make a soundtrack! If you're interested, however, the band Casino that played most of the songs (along with Northstar which is a separate band by the by) is now called SpiderSimpson. The lead singer is the actually the guy who wrote/co-wrote the songs in the movie. You can find them on MySpace or their EP album on iTunes which has 3 excellent songs!
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this movie was fair i'm asuming mrs. silverstone was added on for her audienes appeal but she always seems to be out of her bounderies with these rolls and at her best when she's playing the rich sophistacated,very fashionably dressed (i mean she looks good in anything)little rich girl ither with or without brians ,evil or sweet .in clueless she was at her best and the chrush too but in this all she's basicly doing is cameos the mansion it was filmed in was interesting but the rest was just filler
Rating:  -
Alicia Silverstone hardly has to act, so she saves herself in this one. The Aerosmith video vixen is on the cover of the case to try to attract some viewers.
The treat here is Peter O'Toole (sounds way, way too much like the name of a porn star). He adds his own "vintage" style to this flick. The other actors hold their own and make this a fun Straight-To-Video release. Alicia is on the cover for marketing purposes. DO NOT think that she is the focal point of this film or you will be let down!
Overall, better than I expected. Being a pop/rock music fan also helps!
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"Global Heresy" a/k/a "Rock My World" is an odd little ($12 Million) production that was incorrectly marketed as another "Spinal Tap". I've seen "Spinal Tap" and this is no ......... But what it lacks in comedy it makes up in unpretentious charm.
You wonder what idiot determines the target audience for these productions. With Alicia Silverstone posed in tight silver pants on the poster, they tried unsuccessfully to market it to Gen X viewers; but Alicia has at best a small supporting role and never appears in the pictured outfit so it is no surprise that it did not catch on with that demographic. Peter O'Toole and Joan Plowright play the two main characters and they are unlikely to attract young viewers. Baby boomers are the audience most likely to connect with the film, despite a cast that is a mix of actors older and younger than that group. But boomers are the real rock fans and are old enough to appreciate the subtle script and the underplayed performances of O'Toole and Plowright. Too bad it was not originally marketed to that group.
The original ill-conceived title refers to the name of an American rock band whose founder has disappeared and is feared dead. Needing time to integrate his replacement (bass player Silverstone) into the group, their management company rents an English estate from the impoverished Lord and Lady Foxley where they can secretly rework their material. The couple finds out that they can make even more money by impersonating the servants. Much the same premise as "High Spirits", where O'Toole rented his haunted Irish castle to tourists.
The band members like to party but are basically likable young people and their music is actually pretty good. O'Toole's character starts out as a Lionel Barrymore type curmudgeon but eventually loosens up (big surprise). The two disparate groups learn a lot from each other and the film almost crosses the line into sappy city. Fortunately Plowright manages to hold things together with a performance that nicely grounds things and makes the whole concept seem plausible.
On the plus side the film was nicely shot and has an overall great look to it. And there is a nice bit of misdirection concerning the record company executive that you might or might not see coming-the clues are there but you might miss them.
On the minus side there is an extremely weak homage to George Roy Hill's "Funny Farm"; instead of a speeding mailman "Rock My World" has a Mini driver paperboy who terrorizes O'Toole's character. This bit is not funny the first time and is repeated on countless occasions throughout the film.
Bottom line, "Rock My World" is a good watch for boomers.
Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.
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