
Richie Lanz (Bill Murray), a has-been rock manager takes his last remaining client on a USO tour of Afghanistan. When Richie finds himself in Kabul, abandoned, penniless and without his U.S. passport, he discovers a young Afghan girl named Salima with an extraordinary voice and manages her through Afghanistan's version of American Idol..... (Full plot summary below)
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Richie Lanz (Bill Murray), a has-been rock manager takes his last remaining client on a USO tour of Afghanistan. When Richie finds himself in Kabul, abandoned, penniless and without his U.S. passport, he discovers a young Afghan girl named Salima with an extraordinary voice and manages her through Afghanistan's version of American Idol..
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| Consequence of SoundMichael RoffmanRock the Kasbah never wrinkles out its speeches after wrenching them from its pockets, which elicits a jumbled tone that's neither funny nor serious nor coherent. |
| Dork ShelfJason GorberKASBAH is crap, an entirely forgettable role for a major comedic talent |
| The PlaylistNick SchagerRarely has a mainstream comedy boasting this much talent been so structurally amateurish, to the point that the film’s lack of humor seems a secondary problem to its more pressing storytelling incoherence. |
| Cleveland Plain DealerMichael HeatonThere are few things sadder in life than an unfunny Bill Murray movie. But that's exactly what Rock the Kasbah is. |
| The Young FolksMichael FairbanksThis film has no idea what tone it wants to strike... none of the more sincere messages land because the film's depiction of its middle eastern characters is grossly one note. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonBehold Bill Murray as the white savior barreling into a foreign land and teaching the ignorant natives how to be better people. Obnoxious and tone deaf. |
| Screen It!Jim JudyShareef don't like it and neither will you. (Full Content Review - Sex, Violence, Profanity, etc. - for Parents also available) |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfAlmost entirely reliant on star Bill Murray to crank up his cocktail-hour charms and save the day while the production slumps from one scene to the next. |
| TIME MagazineJoe NeumaierOld-school Bill Murray, deadpan and gonzo, spices up the amiable mess that is Rock the Kasbah. That’s both a saving grace and a curse. Because while Murray and his laid-back riffs anchor this oil spill of a story, he needs a more tangible movie to latch onto, and all he gets is a mirage. |
| DeadspinWill LeitchA horribly misguided idea that never really gets off the ground yet still finds a way to crash-land, but even criticizing its obvious flaws misses the central, sad point: This movie has too much Bill Murray in it. |