Rotten
The anarchic saga could have used more bite or the hint of a threat just to keep things interesting.
Leonard Klady, Variety
Airheads
The amps are on but nobody's home.
1994 · 1h 32m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime, Music
Directed by
Michael Lehmann
Overview
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
28%
Tomatometer
Rotten
About airheads, and for them, too.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
There should have been enough material here for six sitcoms. Instead, there's not even enough for one movie.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Fraser and Buscemi are deadpan delights. And Sandler, Opera Man on SNL, is a red-hot screen find.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Observing how fertile the field of heavy metal music is for satire, it's disappointing to watch Airheads bumble around, desperately trying to find something funny to say.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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