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Metallica: Through the Never

2013

Nimród Antal

Documentary, Self: Dane DeHaan, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett ...

6.7

1,686

Documentary. Thriller There's nothing typical about Metallica's 3-D IMAX concert movie Metallica Through the Never, directed by Nimród Antal. In the movie, performance scenes are interspersed with a scripted story line featuring Chronicle star Dane DeHaan as a roadie dispatched into a chaotic city to carry out a mysterious task. Even producer Charlotte Huggins has a hard time categorizing the film: “It’s a dramatic movie in which a concert takes place,” she tells EW. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"A definitive document for anyone who’s ever hoisted the devil-horn fingers in metalhead solidarity."	POS
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"'Through the Never' (...) is a blow-out banquet for Metallica fans, and a blockbuster rock-and-rollercoaster ride for any heavy metal tourists curious to see this music played at major-league level."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"'Metallica Through the Never' isn't the year's most groundbreaking achievement, but it's surely the most earth-shattering, and that's enough to make it one helluva comeback story."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"If you’re looking for an orgasmic trip to heavy-metal heaven, this is it. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Despite swooping camera movements and elaborate stagecraft, the film produces detachment rather than immediacy."	NEU

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