Rotten
Leaving aside the galloping misogyny, 'Rock the Kasbah' just isn't remotely funny or smart.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Rock the Kasbah
Opportunity rocks where you least expect it.
2015 · 1h 40m · R
Comedy, Music, War
Directed by
Barry Levinson
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
9%
Tomatometer
Rotten
As one-liner after one-liner misses its mark, you begin to feel sorry for Murray, who's really too old to be playing a guy who has a little daughter ... and likes to get kinky with Kate Hudson as a raucous, Dolly Parton-style hooker-businesswoman.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
It needs a smarter script. It needs at least two or three perfectly engineered, joke-after-joke sequences. It needs a smart director - did you really do "Wag the Dog," Levinson? - whose idea of political satire goes beyond freshman-year sarcasm.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Rotten
Not Murray's best and not Levinson's either.
Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail
Rotten
An acclaimed film director, a legendary comic actor, lots of fun rock and pop songs, and a noble story at its core can't save "Rock the Kasbah" from being one hugely misguided dud.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
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