Entertaining but very much a TV movie like feature film that takes the usual parent/child troubled relationship and switches the gender to focus on the father. The death of an old lover of Nick Mancuso's rock star, Chris Dalton (reminding me of Bruce Springsteen), leaves their illegitimate child (Byron Thames) in Mancuso's custody, and with them never having known about each other before, it's a rocky road for love and trust to grow.
The songs are pretty decent, light rock and nothing risqué or complicated, so those scenes of Mancuso performing on the road are highlights. The big scene where Thames is interviewed by the press and declares contempt for what his father does leads to a fantastic confrontation, a tamer version of the Joan/Faye, Christina/Diana "Because I'm Not One of Your Fans!" scene in "Mommie Dearest". The cameos of other rock stars in the film (Merry Clayton, Billy Preston) adds value for rock fans. A decent soaper for dads, and fortunately not weepy.
The songs are pretty decent, light rock and nothing risqué or complicated, so those scenes of Mancuso performing on the road are highlights. The big scene where Thames is interviewed by the press and declares contempt for what his father does leads to a fantastic confrontation, a tamer version of the Joan/Faye, Christina/Diana "Because I'm Not One of Your Fans!" scene in "Mommie Dearest". The cameos of other rock stars in the film (Merry Clayton, Billy Preston) adds value for rock fans. A decent soaper for dads, and fortunately not weepy.