Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Aiden Melton The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

TheNorthGalaxy First off if your a Def Leppard Fan and have seen this movie we know its not 100%. But I love this movie. It makes me smile, laugh and amuses me. The one liners are fun and the actors do a good job with portraying the members of Def Leppard. We know the accents aren't right and Karl Geary sometimes slips into his Irish accent. The scenes are not england which is so obvious as our roads and country side are different. We don't have buses that look like that. There's the bad lip sinking and stuff like that but I didn't care. I enjoyed it and do every time I watch it ^_^ Saying that, I do wish it was longer and carried on the story into the tragedy of Steve Clark's death.I just wish people would see the funny side of this movie and enjoy the music and some of the comedy in it.

eskovan1 You really can't have too high expectations for a made-for-cable TV movie. And made-for-VH1 at that. With that in mind, Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story was a decent little bio-film. Yes, its too short and sometimes plays fast & loose with the facts, but it gets its main point across pretty decently. Namely, that Def Leppard were always best friends first and a great rock band second.Although the film opens with Rick Allen's accident and then flashes back from there, it doesn't overly dwell on just the negative. It makes it clear that these were stand-up guys devoted equally to their friendship as to their music.And even though the actors were obviously chosen based on their strong physical resemblance to each band member, all of them give really strong performances. They all come across as real people, and not at all as mere hired lookalikes. And even though the role is severely limited, Anthony Michael Hall gets the gist of producer Mutt Lange's role (although they made him American when he's actually British).A few time-line errors: They show the band working on Pour Some Sugar on Me while Rick is in the hospital and before Mutt Lange rejoins them in the studio. In fact, Sugar was the last song on the Hysteria album to be written and it was in fact Lange who recognized it as a potential smash hit and insisted on its development & inclusion (even though they were already way behind schedule).Also the final concert scene where Rick plays live again for the first time, this was actually at an outdoor concert in Germany. But there actually were people grumbling about a "freak show" in reference to a one-armed drummer (not fans, but members of another band that was also playing that gig). It does also accurately portray that Allen performed without a hitch that day and was warmly welcomed back by the audience.The real members of Def Leppard themselves have gone on record saying that even though they had no input to it, overall, they were reasonably satisfied with this docudrama.

Stevezilla1961 As band bio-pics go, this one is a mix up. Only real fans of the band will be interested. Those mildly curious will walk away with a profound sense of "Wha..?" Def Leppard have a great history, and the fact they all started so young is almost never touched on, except for the drummer, Ric Allen. Anthony Michael Hall as Mutt Lange, who, if you go by the film, truly defined, refined, and set the course for their music. And while this may be true, Hall's performance is lackluster and yawn-inducing. All in all, I'd give this a 4 out of 10. As I previously stated, and this is no fine point, only FANS will be interested in this. I'd rather see "Song Remains the Same" with Led Zeppelin.

crowby This film was so much like the old "look in" (uk kids comic) comic strips which told the story of a pop star or groups ascent into success. I think it was Peter Kay who said the Tina Turner one had the first picture showed her being born and the parents saying "its a baby girl we'll call her tina" the next frame says,"Ike please don't hit me" and the 3rd and final frame which shows her singing "I'm your private dancer". Its hilarious how they have badly condensed a good rock and roll story in a way only American TV can. Incredibly bad continuity throughout and surreal to watch. It inspired me and my mates to get drunk and make our own version with a camcorder, we managed to condense ours down even more to about 10 minutes, its far more entertaining and probably more accurate(!) (Its called Hysterical, The Jeff Leppard Story). The original needed lines like this!"Notice anything different about me?" "Your hair?" "No Its not my hair!" "Whos hair is it then?"