Highly Overrated But Still Good

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I have seen this movie and thought that it was great . I even know one of the actresses in this movie . Her name is Amber Valletta she played Steve Clarks' girl friend . I thought that this movie was right on the money , there were only a few things that I learned , that I did not know about my favorite rock group. I was given the awesome opportunity to see them live and FRONT ROW on their current sold out YEAH tour . What an experience that was . It was amazing , I so wanted to meet them so bad but to no avail next time right JOE ? You did promise us next time you would spent time with us .... WE'll be waiting !!

You really can't have too high expectations for a made-for-cable TV movie. And made-for-VH1 at that. With that in mind, Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story was a decent little bio-film. Yes, its too short and sometimes plays fast & loose with the facts, but it gets its main point across pretty decently. Namely, that Def Leppard were always best friends first and a great rock band second.Although the film opens with Rick Allen's accident and then flashes back from there, it doesn't overly dwell on just the negative. It makes it clear that these were stand-up guys devoted equally to their friendship as to their music.And even though the actors were obviously chosen based on their strong physical resemblance to each band member, all of them give really strong performances. They all come across as real people, and not at all as mere hired lookalikes. And even though the role is severely limited, Anthony Michael Hall gets the gist of producer Mutt Lange's role (although they made him American when he's actually British).A few time-line errors: They show the band working on Pour Some Sugar on Me while Rick is in the hospital and before Mutt Lange rejoins them in the studio. In fact, Sugar was the last song on the Hysteria album to be written and it was in fact Lange who recognized it as a potential smash hit and insisted on its development & inclusion (even though they were already way behind schedule).Also the final concert scene where Rick plays live again for the first time, this was actually at an outdoor concert in Germany. But there actually were people grumbling about a "freak show" in reference to a one-armed drummer (not fans, but members of another band that was also playing that gig). It does also accurately portray that Allen performed without a hitch that day and was warmly welcomed back by the audience.The real members of Def Leppard themselves have gone on record saying that even though they had no input to it, overall, they were reasonably satisfied with this docudrama.

The true story of one of the most successful pop-metal bands of the 80s. All born in England, the group first found success at home and then, with the help of producer Mutt Lange, they began to top the US charts. Although problems with drug and alcohol addiction took their toll, it was not until a car accident took the arm of the group's drummer that the party came to a halt. Faced with the potential death of the group and pressure to find a new drummer, the group banded together and encouraged their mate to learn how to play with one arm and re-join Def Leppard. They went on to sell over 14 million albums during their next tour.

Having grown up in the steel city (Sheffield) I thought this movie might be a trip down memory lane. How wrong I was. The X Files has proven that Canada can substitute for nearly all of the US, and even Russia. However this movie shows it can't replicate Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Sheffield, like Rome, is built on 7 major hills. Sheffield in this movie, like plot, was very flat. Other laughable elements include - the accents (not even vaguely close), - the 'pubs' (oh dear), - the high school (so 'american' in build I don't know where to start), - London and Sheffield became interchangeable towards the end.But my favourite bit was the cars. The production obviously had limited access to right-hand cars, with stick shift, as we drive over here. However to have the band 'sharing' a clapped-out Volvo estate, even at the peak of their success was just too funny. If the plot/characterization had been stronger I could have forgiven this. But it just wasn't.