Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

vandeu04 The reason I gave it 9 was for the acting but outside of that, this is a great movie of historical rock-n-roll value. Laverne Baker, The Moonglows, Chuck Berry, The Flamingos, and the key double dose scene at the end with Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers performing "Baby Baby" and "I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent" (Frankie was 13 at the time of filming.) Outside of the great performers, Alan Freed plays himself, Tuesday Weld (Also 13 at time of filming but looks more older)plays Dori who when singing is actually a dub of Connie Francis. The plot revolves around Dori wanting a specific dress and her dad, wanting to show her some responsibility tells her she has to earn a portion of the money to pay for the dress. This causes an issue when her nemesis allows her to loan her money at an illegal rate and refuses to pay it back. "Grab Your Partner, Grab Your Gal, And Rock" From Vanguard Films (1956)

sportell I agree with many comments, the acting can be atrocious at times. But that wasn't the focus of this film. The fact that there's rock songs and artists performing every few minutes is proof of that. So while the acting and plot are weak, it's a great movie to watch for all the different music acts of the 1950s. Pretty cool. Tuesday Weld is cute and her nemesis is enough to hate, even beyond the poor acting skill. She's a conniving little beast and has no qualms about getting the guy she wants, even when it's obvious he doesn't like her. I wasn't impressed with the singing of "Baby" though. I've heard kids sing and do just fine. She was too annoying sounding. Was she actually a big thing at this time? Her voice grated. My three year old doesn't always keep in tune, but he sings better and has a clearer voice. Even taking into consideration the graininess of the soundtrack, she was harsh. Oh well. It's still a film worth watching.

superuser1400 I love this film! The plot is weak, but this film isn't about the plot. It's about music! The music in this film is brilliant! The plot is virtually non-existent, and what plot that exists is wonderfully sitcom-like. Face-it, this movie was made solely for the purpose of show-casing music, But it does very well at it's job. I really don't know what more to say, but let me say this. If you like 50's music, you may like this film. It's a popcorn flick, but a good one. The plot is simple, A girl wants to take a boy to the dance, but cant afford a dress. She comes up with the idea of lending money like a bank, but trouble ensues when the nasty girl she lends the money to, wont give it back. Overall it's a fun popcorn flick!

Woodyanders A positively adorable 13-year-old Tuesday Weld makes her simply smashing film debut in this endearingly inane 50's teen-fueled rock'n'roll piffle as Dori, a spunky, willful, calculating lass who can't get her stingy, pipe-smoking, Elvis-hating square dad ("We gotta teach that girl that money doesn't grow on fathers!") to give her thirty bucks for a fancy blue strapless dress that Dori wants to wear to a high school sock hop. So Dori decides to use her considerable wit and charm to plot some sneaky way of producing the cash on her own.That's it for the admittedly pretty slender and undernourished story, which basically serves as a slight excuse to showcase eleven blisteringly cooking rock performers. Okay, Will Price's pedestrian direction, the mostly cardboard acting (Weld proves to be the film's key source of bubbly vitality, while legendary 50's disc jockey Alan Freed sadly comes across as a totally cornball stiff and the rest of the underage cast are hopelessly wooden), the static cinematography, Milton Subotsky's feeble script (Subotsky, who also co-produced and handled music director chores, later founded the highly successful British horror studio Amicus), and the occasionally draggy, meandering pace leave a lot to be desired. However, "Rock, Rock, Rock" still manages to be tons of dippy, empty-headed fun, thanks to Weld's perfectly perky presence and the largely spot-on performances from a wonderfully diverse bunch of music acts.Musically, this movie's most definitely the authentic gnarly article. Rock'n'roll king Chuck Berry does the duck walk and almost makes off with the entire movie, grinning his way through the sizzling car number "You Can't Catch Me," a terrific song which includes a lyrical reference to the New Jersey Turnpike. Firebrand torch singer La Vern Baker releases her redoubtable alto on the sunny "Tra La La." Unbelievably obnoxious four-year-old brat Ivy Shulman makes an absolute fool of herself screeching the uproariously awful "Rock, Pretty Baby" in a hideously off-key, braying voice. The Johnny Burnette Trio let 'er rip with the fantastically forlorn rockabilly doozy "Lonesome Train." The amazing Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers hit a beautifully graceful note with the double whammy of the zippy "Baby Baby" and the classic "I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent." The Flamingos melt hearts croaning the exquisitely lilting tear-jerker "Would I Be Crying." The Moonglows deliver gorgeously soaring falsetto doowop harmonies on both "I Knew from the Start" and "Over and Over Again." Brooklynese dreamboats Cirino and the Bowties zero in for the sentimental kill with the lush romantic swooner "Ever Since I Can Remember." Hardcore greaseball rockabilly lords Jimmy Cavallo and the Houserockers lay down a primordial stomping rumba, blowing saxophones to Mars and back on the righteously roughhouse "Big Beat" and the rousing title track. And, rounding things off with a nice smattering of ultra-kitschy high camp silliness, Weld herself badly lip-syncs a pair of marvelously mawkish'n'moronic Connie Francis love ballads: the impossibly inane "I Never Had A Sweetheart" and the deliciously dreadful "Little Blue Wren." Great goofy stuff!