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Metal Lords

2022

Peter Sollett

Jaeden Martell, Adrian Greensmith, Isis Hainsworth, Noah Urrea ...

5.8

3,277

Comedy. Drama Two friends try to form a heavy metal band with a cellist for the Battle of the Bands.

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A likable but low-wattage story (...) [It] aims for Heavy but is surprisingly Lite in its take on teenage mental illness, classroom violence and bullying."	NEU
United States	Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"The film may be cinematic comfort food, but its creators do earn our trust and nail all the essential beats they need to along the way (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Courtney Howard Variety	"Sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll are on the set list, yet it plays too fast and loose, failing to achieve a good balance to make the chords reverberate louder."	NEU
United States	Derek Smith Slant	"'Metal Lords' betrays rather than upholds the values of the very kids it wants to revere (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"It’s not laugh-out-loud funny, but I was smiling for the duration, and its subversions of certain archetypes (...) kept things marginally fresh. Good and bad, it met expectations."	POS
United States	Matt Fowler IGN	"'Metal Lords' is earnest with metal but sloppy with character and story. It delivers a rousing finale but the journey there is uninspired and half-formed."	NEU
United States	Natalia Keogan Paste Magazine	"The film showcases the process of developing a new musical taste, cementing itself in the teenage wonder of subversive discovery."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"[It] sacrifices far too much in its bid to remain light as a feather while thrashing through some major teenage woes"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"An endearing and funny coming-of-age tale (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ross Bonaime Collider	"[It] has its heart in the right place, and its love for metal is truly apparent (...) But 'Metal Lords' ends just when it feels like it’s finding its footing"	NEU
United Kingdom	Paul Bradshaw NME	"The biggest problem with 'Metal Lords' is that it doesn’t feel very metal (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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