Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006)
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Reviews Counted:118
Fresh:63
Rotten:55
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: Tenacious D fan will find this movie hilarious; everybody else will see only a low-brow concept movie and a small assembly of jokes stretched past the 100 minute mark.
Theatrical Release:24-11-2006
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... [More]
Reviews for Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
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Long may they continue to walk in Ronnie James Dio's short but comforting shadow. Full Review |
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Clearly intended to be viewed through a haze of marijuana smoke, it’d be against the law for us to recommend this film. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Tenacious D's big screen outing is extremely patchy but the laughs just about compensate for all the dull, unamusing bits. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
For fans, a crowd-surf over Tenacious D’s best bits. For the unbaptised, a novelty movie of a novelty band, big on spirit but in search of a script. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
It feels only half thought through--funny but stretching one joke far beyond the breaking point. Full Review |
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B- |
"Tenacious D" is a movie for fans of the hilarious spoof-rocking duo. You know who you are. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Little more than a set of sketches strung along a plotline that is gossamer light. Full Review |
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3/4 |
May just win over the rockers of old and new... Full Review |
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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. Full Review |
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5/10 |
Apart from the cameos, the movie limps along from one satiric rock song to another, with only the music to carry it. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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When they weren't performing, I frequently lost the will to live. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
...designed to appeal solely to fans of Jack Black and Kyle Gass... Full Review |
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4/5 |
... the film is also one of the funniest films of 2006 ... Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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