Fresh
While it's undoubtedly comical and touching, a pall of middle-aged gloom hovers over the antics of Canada's longest surviving death metal band.
Ruth Hessey, MovieTime, ABC Radio National
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
At fourteen, they made a pact to rock together forever. They meant it.
2008 · 1h 21m · Not Rated
Documentary, Music
Directed by
Sacha Gervasi
Overview
At 14, best friends Robb Reiner and Lips made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, hailed as the "demi-gods of Canadian metal" influenced a musical generation that includes Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax. Following a calamitous European tour, Lips and Robb, now in their fifties, set off to record their 13th album in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A winning and surprisingly moving documentary about -- wait for it -- a struggling Canadian heavy metal band that apparently influenced a generation of hard-rockers including Metallica, Anthrax and Guns N' Roses.
Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
Cute if predictable.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Now THIS is Spinal Tap.
Josh Freedom duLac, Washington Post
Fresh
It's an affectionate portrait of performers starving for applause, achingly funny as only real life can be.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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