Airheads (1994)
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22% of critics liked it
(32 reviews) -
51% of users liked it
(118,248 ratings)
Airheads is a variation on Dog Day Afternoon, as well as a comic look at the trials and tribulations of both the music business and Generation X. A hapless rock trio consisting of Chazz (Brendan Fraser), Rex (Steve Buscemi), and Pip (Adam Sandler) hits a brick wall with their attempts to get their… More Airheads is a variation on Dog Day Afternoon, as well as a comic look at the trials and tribulations of both the music business and Generation X. A hapless rock trio consisting of Chazz (Brendan Fraser), Rex (Steve Buscemi), and Pip (Adam Sandler) hits a brick wall with their attempts to get their demo tape played by record label executives. Chazz, on the edge since being thrown out by his girlfriend (Amy Locane), decides it's time to take more serious action, and he leads his bandmates on a mission to invade the local "alternative" rock station, KPPX, and hold it hostage to get the band's tape played on the air. The station staffers don't realize that they're being held with a water gun, and when they finally agree to play the tape, it gets eaten up by a faulty machine. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Lehmann
- Written By
- Rich Wilkes
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Aug 5, 1994 Wide
- Studio
- Fox
Critic Reviews
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Leonard Klady, Variety
The anarchic saga could have used more bite or the hint of a threat just to keep things interesting.
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
About airheads, and for them, too.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
There should have been enough material here for six sitcoms. Instead, there's not even enough for one movie.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fraser and Buscemi are deadpan delights. And Sandler, Opera Man on SNL, is a red-hot screen find.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Observing how fertile the field of heavy metal music is for satire, it's disappointing to watch Airheads bumble around, desperately trying to find something funny to say.
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Cast
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Brendan Fraser
as Chazz Darby
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Steve Buscemi
as Rex
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Adam Sandler
as Pip
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Joe Mantegna
as Ian the Shark
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Chris Farley
as Wilson
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Amy Locane
as Kayla
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Michael McKean
as Milo
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Judd Nelson
as Jimmie Wing
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Ernie Hudson
as O'Malley
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Nina Siemaszko
as Suzzi
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David Arquette
as Carter
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Kurek Ashley
as Psycho Rocker
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Marshall Bell
as Carl Mace
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Lexie D. Bigham
as Security Guard
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Reg E. Cathey
as Marcus
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Lydell M. Cheshier
as Security Guard #2
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Ryan Holihan
as Kid
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Tiiu Leek
as News Woman
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Lemmy
as School Newspaper Rocker
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Kurt Loder
as Himself
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Alejandro Quezada
as Rocker
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Michael Richards
as Doug Beech
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Sam Whipple
as Personal Manager
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John Zarchen
as Cop
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Harold Ramis
as Chris Moore
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Michelle Hurst
as Yvonne
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Rich Wilkes
as Corduroy Rocker
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China Kantner
as Female Rocker
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Vinnie DeRamus
as D & D Rocker
- Daniel Zacapa
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Allen Covert
as Cop

