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Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006)

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Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 120
Fresh: 65 | Rotten: 55

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.

Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 19

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.

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Movie Info

In this musical comedy-adventure starring self-proclaimed greatest band in the world Tenacious D, a pair of aspiring rock superstars attempt to convince the world of their true talents as they embark on a daring quest to acquire the supernaturally powered guitar pick that will finally allow them to fully realize their vast rock & roll potential. JB (Jack Black) is a na�ve Midwesterner whose strict Christian parents view his burning passion for heavy metal as a mortal sin. After his dad tears

R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy

Directed By: Liam Lynch

In Theaters: Nov 22, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Feb 27, 2007

Box Office:$8.2M

New Line Cinema

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Cast

Jack Black
JB
Kyle Gass
KG
JR Reed
Lee
Troy Gentile
Lil' JB
Ronnie James Dio
Dio
Paul F. Tompkins
Open Mic Host
Ned Bellamy
Security Guard
Fred Armisen
Security Guard
Kirk Ward
Car Chasing Cop, Gang L...
Amy Poehler
Truck Stop Waitress
Tim Robbins
The Stranger
Dave Grohl
Satan
Ben Stiller
Guitar Centre Guy
Lara Everly
Girl
Brittany Eldridge
Girl
Melissa-Anne Davenport
Girl
John Ennis
Gang Member
V.J. Foster
Gang Member
Jay Johnston
Gang Member
Christopher 'C-Minus' Riv...
DJ
Colin Hanks
Drunk Frat Dude
Stephanie Erb
Al's Bar Waitress
Amy Adams
Gorgeous Woman
Milos Milicevic
Tattooed Biker
Molly Bryant
Ecstatic Woman
Michael Rivkin
Poopy Guy
Neil Hamburger
Stand Up Comic
Patrick Walsh
Exploding Head Guy
Bevin Kaye
Fainting Woman
Evie Peck
KG's Mother
Mason Knight
Young KG
Erik Walker
Bully
Dean Marchiano
Bully
Cynthia Ettinger
Betty Black
Andrew Caldwell
Billy Black
Laura Milligan
Tarot Card Reader
Meat Loaf
JB's Father [Uncredited...
John C. Reilly
Sasquatch [Uncredited]
Jason Reed
David Grohl

Critic Reviews for Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny

All Critics (120) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (69) | Rotten (56) | DVD (16)

I found it mildly amusing. I didn't hate it.

November 27, 2006 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

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Begins with flatulence, ends with flatulence and is one big gaseous emission in between.

November 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

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Strictly for the tenaciously devoted.

November 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Even considering Black's prodigious talents, Pick gets tiresome way too quickly.

November 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

Top Critic

Black thrives in these grubby environs. His full-throttle bodily chaos makes more sense in movies done on the cheap than in blockbusters and polished comedies.

November 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

Top Critic

The bottom line: Jack Black rocks -- especially when he rocks.

November 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Teresa Budasi

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Yup, it's Jack Black -- with an "R" ... really.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Jane Boursaw

Common Sense Media

"Tenacious D" is a movie for fans of the hilarious spoof-rocking duo. You know who you are.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Long may they continue to walk in Ronnie James Dio's short but comforting shadow.

August 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Richard Luck

Film4

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.

July 17, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinerina

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Karina Montgomery

Cinerina

Little more than a set of sketches strung along a plotline that is gossamer light.

December 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

May just win over the rockers of old and new...

September 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

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.

August 3, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

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.

February 25, 2007 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

February 25, 2007 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

Left to its own devices, the plot is tedious, slow, and unfunny.

February 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Apart from the cameos, the movie limps along from one satiric rock song to another, with only the music to carry it.

February 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Holy ****alukadingdong, stoners, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny makes a very attractive premiere on DVD.

February 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

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.

February 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Urban Cinefile

Clearly intended to be viewed through a haze of marijuana smoke, it'd be against the law for us to recommend this film.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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David Jenkins

Time Out

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A mediocre comedy that I expected so much, as the trailers for this film seemed to make this one quite hilarious. Unfortunately, it was mildly funny, and the end result was a film that didn't quite deliver the goods. Considering that I don't like Jack Black because of the fact he basically plays the same character in

November 21, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

Jack Black stars in most likely his first "hard-R" comedy. Don't get me wrong, the songs in THE PICK OF DESTINY are hysterical--Jack Black is a great musician and his rock duo, Tenacious D, has a talent with humor--but as for the film, it's so hard to get through to the general point with all the F-bombs and lewd

June 29, 2011

Alexander Diminiano

Super Reviewer

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1. Guitar Centre Guy: I quit my job. Moved to Rome. Learned Latin.
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