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).
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
2004 · 2h 21m · Not Rated
Documentary, Music
Directed by
Joe Berlinger
,
Bruce Sinofsky
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
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.
An unflinching and often hilarious look at the humanity of these heavy-metal gods.
Absorbing, funny, exhilaratingly entertaining.
Serious, funny, frustrating and touching.
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