Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Glenn Gyorffy, Kevin Goocher, Robb Reiner
At fourteen years old, best friends Lips and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Their band Anvil, hailed as the “demi-gods of Canadian metal,” influenced a musical generation including ...( read more
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June 26, 2009Touching tale of 'believing in the dream' and male bonding with a great 'odd couple' relationship at its heart. Beats Metallica's similar documentary because the leads are far more likeable and endearing.
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May 25, 2009Middle-aged rockers struggle to regain the spotlight in "Anvil! The Story the Anvil".
Don't fret if the band name doesn't ring any bells. Although highly successful and influential in the 80's, Anvil, the hair metal group from Toronto, has vanished largely into obscurity. When ... ...( read more ) -
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April 25, 2009This is, without a doubt, the sweetest heavy metal documentary I've ever seen.
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April 24, 2009Slash: How many bands stay together for 30 years? You've got the Rolling Stones, the Who, and Anvil.
A wonderful and revealing documentary about a rock band that served as inspiration for a number of now very famous hard rock and metal bands, only to never reach a greater level ... ...( read more ) -
July 3, 2009anvil were to make it big in the eighties,with the likes of bon jovi, metallica and many others, but never did, making over 13 records to this day, but certainly not raking it in and here we see them doing there day jobs,and a spinal tap like tour around europe, we see the highs ... ...( read more )
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May 7, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 23, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Anvil! The Story of Anvil is a documentary about the moderate rise and long, long fall of their band, where musicians in the two other slots came and went, but Lips and Robb rocked on. full review
April 13, 2009
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
An outstanding rock documentary that is as funny/sad as it is revealing. full review
April 13, 2009
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
The most stirring release of the year thus far. full review
April 10, 2009
Kurt Loder, MTV
The movie is an intoxicating blend of blind faith and heartbreak, but while it's very funny, the abundant laughs are only half of what makes it such an unexpectedly inspiring document. full review
April 10, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The success of Anvil! The Story of Anvil lies in its ability to make you care about an enterprise you might initially have been inclined to laugh at. full review
April 9, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The biggest surprise is not the pervasive comedy in this compelling rockumentary. It's the poignant, even heartbreaking, moments that sneak up on you as the saga unfolds. full review
April 9, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Sacha Gervasi's powerhouse doc brings humor and fervent focus to Toronto musicians, supporting their families with day jobs, who won't give up the dream. full review
April 8, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press
After 1984's heavy-metal satire This Is Spinal Tap started the mockumentary craze, most documentary makers pandered to audiences through sarcasm and propaganda. But the true-life heavy-metal Anvil fin... full review
April 6, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
If you can forget Spinal Tap (hard), it's rather touching the way these 50-year-olds still have the forged-in-fire fortitude. full review
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