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Rock the Kasbah

2015 · 100 min

A scruffy, amiable comedy that ambles through a war zone with a grin, mixing culture-clash gags with a sincere underdog music tale.

Directed by
Barry Levinson
Genres
Comedy, Music, War
Tagline
Opportunity rocks where you least expect it.
Overview
A washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, he decides to oppose the young star with talent of his own.

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Directed by
Barry Levinson
Genres
Comedy, Music, War
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • redemption
  • music
  • ambition
  • identity
  • survival
Places
  • military
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism5
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, music, war
Directed by
Barry Levinson
Written by
Mitch Glazer
Starring
Bill Murray, Zooey Deschanel, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Taylor Kinney, Danny McBride, Scott Caan, Eugenia Kuzmina
Music
Marcelo Zarvos
Cinematography
Sean Bobbitt
Runtime
100 min
Country
Morocco, United States of America
Languages
English

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