Rhinestone (1984)

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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A country music star must turn an obnoxious New York cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet. Just finished watching 'Rhinestone' and to be honest i don't get the hate it got it was a fun and hilarious romantic comedy. With Sylvester Stallone going against type and giving one heck of a perfomance and Dolly Parton did a terrific job as well both acting and singing wise. The scenes where Stallone was singing and a funeral was happening under his apartment or when he started screaming, yelling and singing and the dogs and animals started running away were hilarious. This is an 80's underrated flick and nowhere near as bad as let's say fellow Arnie's Batman and Robin. (10/10)

This is a cute and funny musical comedy. Basically Jake (played by Dolly) is trying to turn Nick (played by Sylvester) into a country-western singer and star. Nick is not a great singer - in fact he starts out terrible - but Jake does manage to turn Nick into a fairly decent singer.For me, the most memorable and funniest part of the whole movie was watching and listening to Nick (Sly Stallone) sing 'Drinkenstein'. I actually find myself giggling over this song and movie scene - it's that funny. And it proves to me that our own Sly Stallone does in fact have a wonderful sense of humor.If you liked "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" or "Nine to Five" then you might like the film "Rhinestone".6.5/10

I love Sylvester Stallone. I've always admired his tenacity when it comes to movies. He really did overcome some insurmountable obstacles to get where he is today on sheer work ethic & determination alone, but boy, oh, boy does this ever suck. I'll give Sly credit for willingly putting his Rocky image out there with the type of tomfoolery he was doing in this movie. It took guts for him to do this, but it's not exactly the wisest career decision he's made, and that's just for starters. Sly's character isn't exactly a charming fellow. He is supposed to be the underdog we can rally around and instead he's written as obnoxious and befuddling. His chemistry with Dolly isn't great. We don't really know what makes him tick. His character background isn't explored nearly enough. I realize it's a musical comedy, not Oscar material, but I had no reason to care about him. Stallone comes across as out of his element, despite that he tries his best and appears to be having a blast. At least it wasn't a listless performance, if not a very good one. Dolly Parton fares a bit better. She's lively, easy on the eyes, and her charm is so irresistible that she manages to overcome abhorrently awful writing. The whole plot is rather contrived as well. A bet between Dolly Parton and Rob Leibman (Jake & Freddy) to see who can develop a star in the making? That didn't fly with me. I could go on about the acres of terrible dialogue and the laughably dated outfits, but I won't.Final Thoughts: When Sly lists it as a film he wished he had never done, you know it's bad. I got a couple of unintentional chuckles out of it, but a lot of pretty bad duets and plenty of groan inducing moments to go along with it. Since I'm such a huge Stallone fan, I always found it peculiar as to why I put this off for so long, despite its reputation. Now I know why. I'd avoid temptation if I were you, unless you're a huge Stallone fan. In that case you'll most likely succumb to the temptation like I did. 3.5/10

Quite possibly the worst movie, ever, and way too lame and painful to even be funny. It's so hard to watch Stallone make an utter fool of himself, with his doofus voice ('Duh Duh'), and his weak chin, beaky nose, and bulgy eyes. PAINFUL! How this guy ever got to be Big Box Office is beyond me. I keep wondering how great 'Demolition Man' could have been, with a different male lead, but thankfully, that movie had a fantastic cast and was a solid story.I know Dolly has a huge fanbase, but all I could think, watching the two of them, was how like clowns they both looked. Overblown, overdone, over-inflated. Thank goodness the ladies coming out of country music now are more 'real'-looking.The best performance was by Ron Liebman, who plays a slimeball to such a degree that I felt nauseous.Parton and Stallone have absolutely no chemistry, and the music, such as it is, is horrendously awful. Protect yourself; do not ever watch this movie.