The New York Times by Andy Webster
It taps into something universal, and very precious, about loss, art and adolescent rebellion.
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Iceland · 2013
1h 37m
Director Ragnar Bragason
Starring Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson
Genre Drama, Music
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It's the year 1970 and as Black Sabbath record their first album and mark the birth of Heavy Metal, Hera Karlsdottir is born on the cowshed floor at her parents farm in rural Iceland. The years of her youth are carefree until a tragedy strikes. Her older brother is killed in a accident and Hera blames herself for his death. In her grieve she finds solace in the dark music of Heavy Metal and dreams of becoming a rock star.
The New York Times by Andy Webster
It taps into something universal, and very precious, about loss, art and adolescent rebellion.
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Metalhead is uninterested in caricature or easy laughs, and its embodiment of guitar-hero obsession is one much more closely resembling someone you knew in high school, albeit someone who's had an exceptionally hard time dealing with childhood trauma.
Portland Oregonian by Marc Mohan
The clichés at its core make Metalhead something less than a full-bore, head-banging triumph. But it does perform the service of reminding us that even Judas Priest is capable of saving souls, and any film that features a cross-generational dance-off to Megadeth's "Symphony of Destruction" can't be all bad.
Village Voice by Michael Nordine
The film deftly marries the essence of the music to a moving coming-of-age framework.
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