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Fresh and Exciting

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

A lot of fun.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Wooden acting, hilarious lip syncing, clichéd characterisation, all mixed together with a truly awful script. Dick Van Dyke did a better cockney accent in Mary Poppins... clearly a misguided American attempt at an English story... which may satisfy you if you American, but is simply annoying from a British perspective. Unless you are a die hard fan, leave this rubbish well alone.I apparently have to provide 10 lines of text so I will have to continue, it's worth the trouble though. I am not an avid reviewer but feel I must take the trouble to warn discerning people not to waste their time on this ridiculous offering.

I have seen this movie and thought that it was great . I even know one of the actresses in this movie . Her name is Amber Valletta she played Steve Clarks' girl friend . I thought that this movie was right on the money , there were only a few things that I learned , that I did not know about my favorite rock group. I was given the awesome opportunity to see them live and FRONT ROW on their current sold out YEAH tour . What an experience that was . It was amazing , I so wanted to meet them so bad but to no avail next time right JOE ? You did promise us next time you would spent time with us .... WE'll be waiting !!

With all the trauma Def Leppard has been through it's only right one should make a movie about their career. This is after all the band that is said to be cursed. Of course I don't see what's so unique about their problems other than that they are the only band whose drummer lost his arm. All the other stuff is pretty much standard fare with every other rock and roll band. The film itself holds no surprises or earth shattering revelations. The characters come across as two dimensional. You'd get the same stuff from the biography channel. Don't get me wrong. I have a great appreciation for Def Leppard and their music. To be honest I would much happier watching a Def Leppard music video. Recommended for hardcore fans only.

Now, I was never a fan of Def Leppard after Pyromania, but seeing this DVD at my local Blockbuster, I had to rent it to see how the film makers portrayed this band. Knowing the story of this band, since I was a fan of metal from the early 80's, I was truly disappointed with the outcome.The film (thankfully) really focuses on the early days of the band, when they were a straight ahead rock band, before all the commercial nonsense of "Hysteria". The story begins with the band forming and ends before the hysteria of "Hysteria". The film focuses a lot on Rick Allen's tragic car accident that took his left arm, and on the out of control Steve Clarke.First off, this film is much too short. Under 90 minutes?!? With all the tragedy that this band faced, the film should have been much longer. It also should have shown the audience what happened to Steve Clarke, a great guitar player who was battling his demons with alcohol. He deserved much more in this film than a little blurb during the end credits.The actors do a decent job when not performing on stage. Their stage performances are much too wooden. But they did mostly look like the band. It was also great to see Anthony Michael Hall again. Too bad he is now stuck doing TV movies. I always liked him as an actor.Also, the locations where they shot this did not look like England to me, and the view of the band at the height of their career just does not make the audience believe. Can you seriously think that Joe Elliot was driving a Volvo during the height of his career. Little details like this will have the fan of Def Leppard in stitches.This is the first film I have seen that VH1 has done. Living in Canada, we don't get that video channel. Hopefully, if they decide to do future films, they will be much better.If you are a Def Leppard fan, you will definitely want to see this, but may be very disappointed in the lack of attention to detail, and more importantly, the lack of quality.