Fresh
It's such a fine line between clever and stupid, and this Spinal Tap-caliber cult item maintains a perfect balance.
Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader
Overview
In his quest to become the world's greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day.
Director and cast
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32%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Gold places his fond comedy in the '80s with all the cinematic skill of early MTV.
Michael Ordona, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
The rhythm's off in this goofy tale of an air-drumming underdog.
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
It's not the rough edges that bother here; it's the desperate attempt to capture Napoleon Dynamite's success by relying on oddball characters and off-the-wall scenarios.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten
Your enjoyment of Adventures of Power will be proportional to your tolerance for the one-joke phenomenon of air drumming.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
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