Absolutely fantastic documentary, a perfect companion to Some Kind Of Monster.. the complete opposite side of the same coin.
One of the best and most realistic documentaries on a rock band. Engaging from start to finish!
Follows the two best friends as they have the opportunity to do a European tour with their band. Things don't work out the best, but for this band it doesnt stop anything as they have been together making music for 35 years. They hit their high point 25 years ago, but havent give...( read more)
Very enjoyable documentary perfect for a Sunday evening. The viewer get right behind the band whatever their personal music taste.
Excellent film. Enjoyed every minute of it. There was hardly nothing to dislike about this wonderful 90 minute Rockumentary about a down on its luck Canadian metal band of aging rockers.
Oscarworthy for best documentary I havent enjoyed a film this much in a while, its funny, he...( read more)
This documentary (or rather, rockumentary) depicts the Canadian heavy metal band Anvil which achieved moderate success in the 80s, the film picks up with the band at a crossroads after twenty years of failure. The movie shows the band embarking on a pretty lousy European tour th...( read more)
Boy does it feel good to give a movie four stars again! Funny, touching, and unexpectedly life affirming, this documentary had a smile on my face almost the entire time. Even if you're not interested in metal music, dont' let it deter you from seeing this film. It will make yo...( read more)
A good documentary of a band that should have had a bigger amount of sucsess than they do. Not my type of music but I was rooting for these guys all through the movie. Will they be able to record a new album? Will they have sucess on a European tour? Will they be able to get a ma...( read more)
Very entertaining rock doc by screenwriter/fan Sacha Gervasi. This one could go all the way to awards season!
Heartfelt, funny, and passionate... "Anvil: The Story of Anvil" is a spectacular documentary about one band's 30 year quest of making the big time. It's also one of the most inspiring documents ever captured on film, and one of the greatest films about rock music and the music in...( read more)
Sweet documentary about two lifelong friends and their heavy metal band, who never made it big, but never gave up. Through a disastrous European tour, recording their thirteenth album ("This is Thirteen"), and a surprise Japanese gig , the director lets the brotherly relationship...( read more)
Great stuff. Highly entertaining. What gets me though, is why don't all these megastars that talk at the start of the film about how great Anvil are, put one of thjeir songs on a b-side or something? I know they're not asking for charity, but it would be a nice gesture.
You don't have to like heavy metal to appreciate this documentary about seminal Canadian band Anvil (although it certainly doesn't hurt if you do). While singer/guitarist Steve "Lips" Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner are genuinely endearing, much of the credit for this film goes t...( read more)
Interesting enough. More so I think if you were seriously into metal, or had lived through that transition.
A documentary following the metal band Anvil, who fell by the wayside when so many of their contemporaries made it big, it would have been easy to make this film from a sneering, derogatory standpoint; let's face it, men in their 50s in perms and spandex are an easy target. But r...( read more)
pretty funny story and is somewhat inspiring... but overall the whole thing was just too finished with too many 'non documentary' shots.
i like the subject matter to make the film not the camera man.
A band that out stayed it's 15 seconds of fame for 13 albums and over 30 years is truly a story of determination but @ some times so sad that it's almost like it's rip straight from Spinal Tap. Only in Japan can Anvil reign...God I hope they've found a manager
Not that I've seen many documentaries, but this is my favorite to date. From knowing that Anvil has gained some mainstream success due to this film, going back to see all that they have gone through to get to where they are today is a pleasure and triumph on their part.
A funny and touching look at 80's metal band Anvils' slow but probably timely comeback. This documentry shows how the band hit their peak in the early-mid eighties before almost disappearing into obscurity. With singer Steve "Lips" Kudlow now working for a catering company but ke...( read more)
Two childhood friends form a heavy metal band at the age of fourteen. Thirteen albums later with both of them in their fifties, they're hoping to make it big.
This is a great documentary about the life of people who came close to making it but never did but, still hold on. I fe...( read more)
The movie started as rubbish and turned out to be revoltingly terrible.
I couldn't even manage to see it all, that's just how bad it was.
Top fucking notch!!! From start to finish an absolute riot - because it's real. Here we have 50-odd year-old guys relentlessly and aimlessly following a dream that one day it will happen. It is painfully obvious why there act hasn't taken them anywhere except to lipps and robb...( read more)
These guys just love music. To be able to hold together a band for 30 years with little success, fiscally anyways, its amazing. Although it's not my style of music I found this film very touching. It's a rarity to find people the spirit to pursue their passions no matter the chal...( read more)
an inspiring emotional doctumentary. Believe every excellent review this flick has gotten and sit back and be ready to laugh and cry. Man i hope ANVIL do well on their tour with AC/DC. I can't recommend this movie enough. Even Dustin Hoffman loved and was moved by this and he...( read more)
Steve 'Lips' Kudlow: I started out with Robb when I was 14, 15 years old, and I said, "We're gonna do it till we're old men," and I really meant that.
I felt really bad for these guys, they are such a dedicated band but have had such a tough break in the music industry. Anvil ...( read more)
anvil 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)
Touching 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.
Very funny and sweet movie about two childhood friends trying to reclaim the fleeting success they had in the 80s with their band. Part real life Spinal Tap, part frustrating/heartbreaking, you can't help but fall in love with these dudes and PRAY something good happens to furth...( read more)
What a fantastic little documentary. The story of the band Anvil is one that I'm sure a lot of artists can attest to at one time or another. A nice rise to cult status in the world of heavy metal, even going as far as being instrumental in the evolution of heavy metal, and then...( read more)
You will learn more about passion, ambition, and, above all, friendship in this little movie, than from any of the numerous melodramatic oscar-baits that come out every year. The friendship of Lips Kudlow and Robb Reiner may very well be of the most amazing relationships I've see...( read more)
very enjoyable rockectory about aging heavy metal band from canada, comparisons to spinal tap are unfair in my view
Middle-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)
This was a heartfelt film about some people who refused to let time erode their dreams. AWESOME!
Amazing doc that is hilarious and touching throughout.
You never feel like you're being manipulated in this fantastic film, and whether you like their music or not, you'll feel like buying an album just to help these nice guys out.
I can't recommend this one highly enough, a must...( read more)
There's a reason so many people love this movie after seeing it. This is a movie about dreamers, and everyone can relate, even if you've never listened to rock or metal.
