The film is packed with hilarious, often poignant interviews with metal luminaries.
Comment
04/13/06
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)
90
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:26
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Made by a metalhead, this documentary of the musical genre both informs and entertains with its range of interviewees.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Professional anthropologist and rabid heavy-metal fan Sam Dunn devoted himself to making the most complete portrait of the heavy metal scene every created; the result, METAL, A HEADBANGER'S... [More]
Starring: Tony Iommi, Bruce Dickinson, Dee Snider, Alice Cooper
Director: Sam Dunn, Scott McFayden, Jessica Joy Wise
Reviews for Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
At once playful and thorough, the documentary is also stacked teased-hair high with wicked performance footage.
04/13/06
Click to read the article
04/08/06
Top CriticUnlikely to win many new converts, but its core audience should have a rockin' good time.
04/07/06
There's so much information and so many finely honed arguments in this ultimately joyous film that it’s liable to send audiences scurrying home to their computers to download the bands they've just heard.
04/01/06
Those who only remember metal as an MTV aberration from the 1980s will learn a lot from Dunn's film, and metal heads will find vindication for their dedication to a music that has been condemned and dismissed as infantile and depraved.
03/21/06
It's all jolly good fun captured with proficiency, professionalism and the keen sense of someone who truly wants outsiders to understand what makes a dyed-in-the-wool headbanger so passionate about his music of choice.
03/17/06
Dunn effortlessly smashes the cliché of metal-bands-as-Neanderthal-lunkheads.
03/13/06
The idea of looking at the music from the perspective of a fan, and plugging it full of interviews with rock idols, is clearly a winner.
02/24/06
Strong enough to make believers out of non-metalheads, and inside enough to get the devil's-horns salute from the most diehard followers.
02/24/06
Top CriticMuch-maligned heavy metal gets a much-needed boost in Canadian filmmaker/longtime headbanger Sam Dunn's entertaining and informative documentary.
02/24/06
...an engaging, entertaining little documentary...
09/18/05
It's a fascinating and anecdotally rich journey.
09/18/05
Totally drops the ball.
09/17/05
What’s Hot On RT
Other News
Fresh Links
Featured
RT on YouTube 
Subscribe to RT's YouTube channel and don't miss a second of our cracking video content.
RT on Twitter
Follow Rotten Tomatoes and join us as we tweet about the week's releases.
IGN RSS Feeds