A tough, pissy brunette who never smiles. A pudgy, soft-spoken, awkward son of suburban parents. A green-eyed, angsty kid with shaggy black hair in need of a trim. And a 40-plus, overweight, shiny-trousers-wearing, ponytailed man with crazy mannerisms and an even crazier personality. Not the typical collection of people you'd group together as members of a rock band.

But this is the motley crew in director Peter Cattaneo’s The Rocker that makes up out-of-the-garage band A.D.D., which is more specifically comprised of bass guitarist Amelia (Emma Stone), keyboardist Matt (Josh Gad) and vocalist Curtis (Teddy Geiger) and their replacement drummer, Matt's uncle and ex-drummer of ’80s rock sensation Vesuvius, Robert “Fish” Fishman (Rainn Wilson).

Fish turns a one-time favor to his nephew — playing at the high school prom — into the young band’s ticket to fame. Taking A.D.D. to heights they had never even dreamed of reaching, Fish gets a second shot at the rock-star life that was snatched away from him when he was kicked out of Vesuvius 20 years ago.

I was probably falling out of my seat laughing for most of the hour and 42 minutes — the slapstick humor, coupled with Wilson's ridiculous antics made for a fun, end-of-summer movie. But the nature of the comedy was such that it was funny at the time, but pretty forgettable once everyone had gone back home. The predictability of the plot and lack of a bitingly witty, Juno-esque script (and thus a complete reliance on slapstick) weighed The Rocker’s potential down.

Teddy Geiger’s soulful voice (yes, that's him on the tracks), great looks and attractively moody character, balances out the outrageous dynamic of the movie’s protagonist, so there’s something for everyone to enjoy: The guys can snort into their sodas when Wilson picks a wedgie out of his black leather pants, while the girls can sigh every time Geiger’s gorgeous green eyes look into the camera.

“It was pretty good,” was the general reaction of the 30-odd people filtering out of the screening with a “Dude, that was hilarious!” and a “It was cute!” (insert giggle) thrown in.

“What a rip-off of School of Rock!” was the only blatantly negative comment I heard, coming from an indignant college kid sporting a goatee and an earring.

Despite the similarities between The Rocker and the 2003 Jack Black phenomenon School of Rock — both movies feature a crazy, overweight, outrageously dressed old-school rocker mentoring youngsters to avenge their personal past disappointments — Black’s version takes the cake.

At the end of the day, The Rocker is a fun movie to watch with a group of friends on the last weekend of summer break, but not necessarily a DVD I'd be adding to my collection of favorites anytime soon.