Detroit Rock City

1999 Comedy

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. more..

Director: Adam Rifkin

Starring: Edward Furlong,Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Sam Huntington, Lin Shaye

Reviews

  • While it's possible to have a great time with the movie without having any interest in Kiss, it should be noted that the band does make an appearance.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    19 January 2013

  • A very sweet, very funny coming-of-age story, featuring Kiss as the Great White Whale of adolescence.

    Steve Simels - TV Guide

    19 January 2013

  • Well, it could have been good. But this goofy homage to Kiss fans gets dry mouth pretty fast.

    Desson Thomson - The Washington Post

    19 January 2013

  • It's an utterly fake nostalgia piece -- stupid and pandering, a bad-boy teen flick that plays less like a loving look at the late '70s than a terrible movie from the late '70s.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    19 January 2013

  • A rock 'n' roll film should be funny-crazy -- not just a big, dumb promo for some over-the-hill dudes in makeup who are trying to sell today's kids on yesterday's glory by championing deliquency.

    Mark Caro - The Chicago Tribune

    19 January 2013

Awards

  • Trashiest

    Golden Trailer Awards (1999)

     
  • Best Young Actor/Performance in a Motion Picture Comedy

    YoungStar Awards (2000)