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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinelicious Pics
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinelicious Pics
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary A decade after a farming accident takes the life of her heavy metal music-obsessed older brother, Hera (Thora Bjorg Helga) transforms into a sexy, surly headbanger and DIY musician, dressed in black leather and a Slayer t-shirt, clutching her dead brother’s electric guitar as she howls anthems of rage to a barn full of cows. Seemingly t...

Directed By: Ragnar Bragason

Written By: Ragnar Bragason

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinelicious Pics
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Cinelicious Pics
  • 1 h 37 m

Metalhead

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
79
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary A decade after a farming accident takes the life of her heavy metal music-obsessed older brother, Hera (Thora Bjorg Helga) transforms into a sexy, surly headbanger and DIY musician, dressed in black leather and a Slayer t-shirt, clutching her dead brother’s electric guitar as she howls anthems of rage to a barn full of cows. Seemingly t...

Directed By: Ragnar Bragason

Written By: Ragnar Bragason

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100
Mar 19, 2015
The film deftly marries the essence of the music to a moving coming-of-age framework.
By Michael Nordine FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 10, 2015
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.
By Marc Mohan FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
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25% Mixed
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8% Negative
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70
Mar 19, 2015
It taps into something universal, and very precious, about loss, art and adolescent rebellion.
By Andy Webster FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 19, 2015
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.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Hummelfilm, Mystery Productions
Release Date Mar 20, 2015
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline It's the things we run from that hurt us the most.
Website https://www.facebook.com/metalheadfilm
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Awards

Edda Awards, Iceland
• 8 Wins & 17 Nominations
Göteborg Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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