Rating: PG13
Genre:
Musical
Release Date: 08/07/2001
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 83 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Dimension
Shake, Rattle & Rock follows the exploits of 1950s disenfranchised teens
Susan (
Renee Zellweger),
Cookie (
Patricia Childress), and
Tony (
Max Perlich) who find their calling when they start a hot
rock & roll band at a time in America when
rock was considered the devil's music. Despite the objections of
Susan's prim mother (
Nora Dunn) and the spinsterly town librarian (
Mary Woronov),
Tony opens a
rock club and books for the club's big opening night his band, the Eggrolls, and the talented local vocal group the Sirens, led by the determined
Sireena (
Latanyia Baldwin). But the conservative forces mount against them, despite the efforts of leather-jacketed rebel
Lucky (
John Doe), and the club is closed at mid-performance, causing a riot in the small town. Will the forces of the Establishment win out, or is
rock & roll here to stay?
~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide