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  • 2015
  • G
  • Clearvision Distribution
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2015
  • G
  • Clearvision Distribution
  • 1 h 14 m

Summary Tom Spicer has Fragile X Syndrome and has spent his adult life in a residential care home; ignored, for the most part, by his siblings, Kate and Will. He has only ever asked them for one thing, to meet Lars Ulrich, drummer with Metallica. Mission to Lars follows the three siblings as Kate and Will decide to break their severely autistic ...

Directed By: James Moore, William Spicer

Written By: James Moore

  • 2015
  • G
  • Clearvision Distribution
  • 1 h 14 m
  • 2015
  • G
  • Clearvision Distribution
  • 1 h 14 m

Mission to Lars

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Tom Spicer has Fragile X Syndrome and has spent his adult life in a residential care home; ignored, for the most part, by his siblings, Kate and Will. He has only ever asked them for one thing, to meet Lars Ulrich, drummer with Metallica. Mission to Lars follows the three siblings as Kate and Will decide to break their severely autistic ...

Directed By: James Moore, William Spicer

Written By: James Moore

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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100
Sep 24, 2015
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.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 22, 2015
It’s also enlightening, the Spicers and us learning things about Tom that inform, move, humanise and suck us into his story.
By Kevin Harley FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 22, 2015
It will not teach you very much about either autism or Metallica, but you will leave the theater smiling.
By Stephen Dalton FULL REVIEW
63
Oct 2, 2015
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.
By Brad Wheeler FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 22, 2015
There’s more at play than a feelgood factor, as William and Kate are forced to examine their own reasons for making the trip. However well-intentioned, giving, they realise, is also taking.
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40
Sep 22, 2015
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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40
Sep 22, 2015
Admirable cause, amateurish film.
By Robbie Collin FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Spicer and Moore
Release Date Sep 25, 2015
Duration 1 h 14 m
Rating G
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Tagline The road trip of a lifetime with just one condition...Tom's.
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