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Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

2004 · 2h 21m · Not Rated Documentary, Music
Directed by Joe Berlinger , Bruce Sinofsky

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Overview

After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, heavy metal superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. In this revealing documentary, filmmakers follow the three rock stars as they hire a group therapist and grapple with 20 years of repressed anger and aggression. Between searching for a replacement bass player, creating a new album and confronting their personal demons, the band learns to open up in ways they never thought possible.

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All reviews
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Fans of the band will love the revealing footage, especially landmark moments such as bassist auditions (more famous names showed up than the one they picked) and encounters with the ex-Metallica members (Newsted and Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine).

Chris Riemenschneider, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh

If you're a fan, you will almost certainly be touched by this effort to put an entire dysfunctional band on the couch. And if you're not, well, you're going to giggle.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh

An unflinching and often hilarious look at the humanity of these heavy-metal gods.

Michael Senft, Arizona Republic
Fresh

Absorbing, funny, exhilaratingly entertaining.

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh

Serious, funny, frustrating and touching.

Desson Thomson, Washington Post

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