Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Theatrical Release: 2006-11
Box Office: $8,232,726
Synopsis: Jack Black and Kyle Gass's Tenacious D began life on an amusing yet little-seen HBO series about the band, which featured an array of comedy songs and glimpses into the personal lives of this hard-working outfit. But Black and Gass always had ambitions to take the Tenacious D concept further,... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Tim Robbins, Ben Stiller, Amy Poehler
Being a Jack Black fan is mandatory for this zany, energetic and relentless buddy movie, rock opera and crass low-brow comedy which no doubt has more appeal with mood enhancers - a hyperactive dose of Jack Black in a self-indulgent rock fantasy.
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Long may they continue to walk in Ronnie James Dio's short but comforting shadow.
Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny is diverting and fun and a great treat for fans, but it's as forgettable as Chinese dinner at the nursing home.
I enjoyed it, though as a casual fan who also dug the Tenacious D album and DVD, I don't know how it'll play for newcomers.
While the flick has a few funny moments likely to make the general public laugh, at heart it's a Tenacious D tribute layered with asides and inside jokes scripted with the group's diehard fans in mind.
Apart from the cameos, the movie limps along from one satiric rock song to another, with only the music to carry it.
Clearly intended to be viewed through a haze of marijuana smoke, it’d be against the law for us to recommend this film.
The narrative, not surprisingly, is really just an excuse to string together a series of comic and musical setpieces, some of which work better than others.
Tenacious D's big screen outing is extremely patchy but the laughs just about compensate for all the dull, unamusing bits.
The film's as big and flawed as the band itself. But just like any concertgoer wants their favorite band to pull out all the stops, so too will every D fanatic want another hour of this rambling, pumped-up and psyched-out acid trip of a film.
Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny has some low-brow laughs, but ultimately the silliness of the story and Black's frantic antics aren't enough to sustain the 90-minute plus running time.
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny proves one thing: Rock and roll never dies. It just gains weight.
The duo strains at their comedy the same way they strain at their music.
The Pick of Destiny ain't going to win any awards, and the girls don't get much of a look-in, but it will strike a few power chords with a certain generation that is too old to disco and too young to die.
The camaraderie that Penelope Spheeris sharpened in the first Wayne's World is missing. So is the sincerity of its metal passions.
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