Detroit Rock City (1999)
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47% of critics liked it
(38 reviews) -
79% of users liked it
(55,083 ratings)
Are you ready for the hottest band in the land? It's 1978 in Detroit, and pretty much any teenager who isn't a total wimp is totally stoked for the upcoming Kiss concert (as anyone who ever listened to Kiss Alive! knows, Detroit has always loved this band). But four proud members of the Kiss… More Are you ready for the hottest band in the land? It's 1978 in Detroit, and pretty much any teenager who isn't a total wimp is totally stoked for the upcoming Kiss concert (as anyone who ever listened to Kiss Alive! knows, Detroit has always loved this band). But four proud members of the Kiss Army find themselves without tickets to the show, and one has to deal with a mother who is convinced that Kiss and their music are evil incarnate. Will they be able to foil scalpers, security, and paranoid parents to witness the fire-spitting, blood-puking, hard rock frenzy that is Kiss on stage? Detroit Rock City stars Edward Furlong, Sam Huntington, Natasha Lyonne, Giuseppe Andrews, and James DeBello as the representative members of the Teenage Nation; the original four members of Kiss (Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss) play themselves, and Simmons also co-produced. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Adam Rifkin
- Written By
- Carl Dupre, Carl V. Dupre
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Aug 13, 1999 Wide
- On DVD
- Dec 21, 1999
- Studio
- New Line Cinema
Critic Reviews
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Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
A valentine to sex, drugs, and cutting school.
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
What works for rocking and rolling all night (and partying every day) doesn't necessarily hold true for movies.
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
The movie isn't a trailblazer; it's an exuberantly trashy party, a comedy of lowdown defeats and triumphs.
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James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
sorely in need of the authenticity and easy humor of "Dazed and Confused," the 1994 Richard Linklater comedy it's obviously trying hard to imitate.
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Jim Bartoo, Hollywood.com
Rifkin rocks and rolls in coming-of-age comedy.
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Cast
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Edward Furlong
as Hawk
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Giuseppe Andrews
as Lex
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James DeBello
as Trip
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Sam Huntington
as Jam
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Lin Shaye
as Mrs. Bruce
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Melanie Lynskey
as Beth
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Natasha Lyonne
as Christine
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Miles Dougal
as Elvis
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Nick Scotti
as Kenny
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Emmanuelle Chriqui
as Barbara
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David Quane
as Bobby
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Shannon Tweed
as Amanda Finch
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Kristin Booth
as Cashier
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Gene Simmons
as Himself
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Paul Stanley
as Himself
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Ace Frehley
as Himself
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Peter Criss
as Himself
- Ron Jeremy
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Richard Hillman
as Scalper
- Kiss
- James De Bello

