Surprisingly, I enjoyed the heck out of this movie. Typically not a Musical kind of guy, I got a free ticket on a DVD I bought at wal-mart, so my wife and I went yesterday afternoon. The Julianna Huff girl who played the lead is SMOKING hot (my wife informed me she was one of the pro dancers on Dancing With The Stars), which in itself, was reason enough to go, but the fact that the movie was great was a bonus! Tom Cruse was great, and Alec Baldwin was even believable in his role as metal club owner. Anyone who was in high school or college and listened to the hair metal of the day during the late 80's would surely enjoy it. My biggest fear was the mutilation of the music, but I got used to it pretty quickly and just went with it... So, there you have it, a pleasant surprise for me, even though I think it has gotten hammered in the press.