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Mission to Lars

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United Kingdom, United States · 2015
Rated PG · 1h 14m
Director William Spicer, James Moore
Starring Lars Ulrich, Jasmin St. Claire, William Spicer, Tom Spicer
Genre Documentary

Kate and Will Spicer's brother, Tom, has Fragile X Syndrome, the most common form of inherited learning disability. He is also a massive fan of Lars Ulrich from Metallica. They promised Tom they would get him to meet Lars, and together the siblings go on a journey to meet the drummer.

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Village Voice by

But the biggest frustration is that the film's abrupt ending fails to show whether Kate and William really did rebuild their relationship with Tom on the Ulrich quest, and, either way, what that outcome means for the rest of us.

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Brad Wheeler

We’re not sure what sister and brother ultimately learned about their much different sibling, and one is left with the feeling the trip was more in service of the film’s narrative than a dream-fulfilling jaunt for Tom.

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The Guardian by Catherine Shoard

The peripheral interviews with the extended Spicer family are as compelling as the central quest; this is a film with rare honesty and nuance in a field that frequently feels queasy.

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Total Film by Kevin Harley

It’s also enlightening, the Spicers and us learning things about Tom that inform, move, humanise and suck us into his story.

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The New York Times by Neil Genzlinger

Documentaries about disabilities don’t come any smarter or more touching than Mission to Lars, a beautiful sibling road trip tale with a heavy-metal flourish.

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