What if your dad was a hair-metal god and nobody knew?
A former heavy-metal star tries to keep his past a secret from his family and friends while he rehearses for a reunion concert.
Acting
Gary Cole commits harder than the script deserves.
Score
Original hair-metal bangers that slap unironically.
Production
Peak early-2000s Disney Channel movie aesthetic.
Director
Ron Lagomarsino
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gary Cole performed his own vocals and learned guitar for the role, because apparently he has no chill.
This quietly predicted the 2010s hair-metal revival and every 'dad was secretly cool' movie trope that followed.
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