A small-town girl and a big-city boy find their fates intersecting on the Sunset Strip, riding a wave of romance through the height of the "hair metal" scene as the off-Broadway musical rocks its way to the big screen courtesy of choreographer-turned-director Adam Shankman (A Walk to Remember, Hairspray). Arriving in Hollywood with stars in her eyes, Sherrie (Julianne Hough) meets Drew (Diego Boneta), and together they plunge headlong into the local rock scene. Meanwhile, as Sherrie struggles to stay afloat in a churning sea of rock 'n' roll excess, she gets swept off her feet by audacious rock star Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise). Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, and Bryan Cranston co-star in a movie featuring music by Journey, Def Leppard, Poison, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Foreigner, Joan Jett, and REO Speedwagon. Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Genre: Musical
- Category Musical Drama
- Theme: Rags To Riches, Musician's Life
- Run Time: 02 hr 03 min
- Language: French, English, Spanish
- Subtitle Language: French, Spanish, English
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Format: DVD
- Release Date: October 9, 2012
- Lead Actor: Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Alec Baldwin
- Supporting Actor: Malin Akerman, Julianne Hough, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise, Bryan Cranston, Will Forte, Eli Roth, Dakota Sage Grant, Matt Sullivan, Erica Frene, Michael Olusczak, Anthony Bellissimo, Alan Shane Hartline, James Martin Kelly, Celina Beach, Angelo Donato Valderrama, Dan Finnerty, Kevin Nash, Jeff Chase, Chantel Gonsalves, Tyne Stecklein, Hanna-Lee Sakakibara, Jamie Goodwin, Anne Fletcher, Denise Faye, Mariann Nelson, Porcelain Black, C. J. Tywoniak, Maxwell F. Terlecki, Robert Reef, Marcus Johns, Vivi Pineda, Aniela McGuinness, Elvire Emanuelle, David Gibbs, Brev Sullivan, Daniel Wills, Prince Shah, Benjamin Malone, Arielle Reitsma, Anya Garnis, Barry Habib, Constantine Maroulis, Heather Leigh Davis, Josh Randall, Jack Mountford, Elgin Kos Aponte, Veronica Berry, Karelix Alicea, T.J. Miller, Nuno Bettencourt, Joel Hoekstra, Debbie Gibson, Sebastian Bach, Kevin Cronin, Misterwill, Jack Desroches, Choice Gray, Sophie Cook
- Director: Chris D'Arienzo, Adam Shankman
