New Trailer: The Rocker

Coming out on August 1, 2008, The Rocker is the new comedy starring none other than Mr. Dwight K. Schrute himself, Rainn Wilson. The trailer does not have me convinced that this is going to be a winning role for Wilson. There is way too much dependence on physical comedy (none of which is actually that funny), and I'm not sure he pulls off the middle-aged-slightly-overweight-man-in-spandex thing quite as well as Will Ferrell.

That being said, the opening of the trailer, with it's great "I'd still be the pretty child" exchange, is exactly the reason I think this movie could turn out all right. The movies that play up awkward and funny family exchanges are always a good time, and teenagers who look like teenagers are a bonus.

It could go either way...