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Metal Lords

2022

Peter Sollett

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

5.8

3,288

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

	Media	Author	Review
		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."
		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)"
		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."
		Derek Smith Slant	"'Metal Lords' betrays rather than upholds the values of the very kids it wants to revere (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		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."
		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."
		Natalia Keogan Paste Magazine	"The film showcases the process of developing a new musical taste, cementing itself in the teenage wonder of subversive discovery."
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"[It] sacrifices far too much in its bid to remain light as a feather while thrashing through some major teenage woes"
		Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"An endearing and funny coming-of-age tale (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		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"
		Paul Bradshaw NME	"The biggest problem with 'Metal Lords' is that it doesn’t feel very metal (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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