Rotten
Initial segments have a boisterous blend of dynamic graphics, intriguing plot premises and sly wit that unfortunately slide gradually downhill.
Variety Staff, Variety
Heavy Metal
A Step Beyond Science Fiction
1981 · 1h 30m · R
Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Music, Science Fiction
Directed by
Gerald Potterton
Overview
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Director and cast
- Gerald Potterton Director
- Rodger Bumpass as Hanover Fiste
- Jackie Burroughs as Katherine
- John Candy as Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)
- Joe Flaherty as Lawyer
- Harold Ramis as Zeke
- Don Francks as Grimaldi / Co-Pilot / Barbarian (voice)
- Marilyn Lightstone Cast
- Caroline Semple Cast
- Eugene Levy Cast
- Richard Romanus Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
66%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Some of the animation is first-rate, particularly in the more modest comedy segments, and even the heavy set pieces have greater flash and dazzle than anything Ralph Bakshi mustered around the same period.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Fantasies that are gratuitously sexist and Fascist (macho whoring and warmongering), and whose roots reach all the way back to post-hippie paranoia, feed the tangled plot-lines of a movie that... should disappoint even the teenage wet-dreamers.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
Heavy Metal has been animated with great verve, and scored very well, with music much less ear-splitting than the title would suggest.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Regardless of its dated stylishness (which still holds up remarkably well a decade plus later), Heavy Metal was a pioneering film in 1981 and remains a pivitol and infuential body of art today.
Jeff Gilbert, Film.com
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