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Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny

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Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 117

Fresh: 62

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.

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release: 2006-11

Box Office: $8,232,726

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 hard-working outfit. But Black and Gass always... 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 hard-working outfit. But Black and Gass always had ambitions to take the Tenacious D concept further, so after a hefty bout of touring and recording comes the natural next step in their plans for world domination--a full-length feature film. The movie is directed by longtime collaborator Liam Lynch, and follows the duo as their megalomaniacal plans for the band burst into life. The film begins with a step back in time, where we find Black traveling to California with a head full of rock & roll dreams, and Gass strumming away on a lonely sidewalk. Once Black and Gass meet, they recognize that their Black Sabbath-sized dreams will only be realized if they can get hold of a magical guitar pick belonging to a local rock & roll-themed museum. But the portly rockers find a sizable hole burnt into their plans when their attempts at stealing the pick are thwarted by its original owner--Beelzebub himself. Existing fans who have seen the original HBO show will doubtless recognize the bulk of this story, as most of the ideas in THE PICK OF DESTINY have been rehashed from older Tenacious D material. But it's always a pleasure to see Jack Black embrace his inner rock god, and he frequently lets loose on the ridiculously silly songs that make up the Tenacious D oeuvre as the movie progresses. THIS IS SPINAL TAP still has the rock-satire genre tightly sewn up, but Black and Gass make a fun and entertaining addition to the canon with this first big-screen outing for Tenacious D. [More]

Starring: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Tim Robbins, Ben Stiller

Starring: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Tim Robbins, Ben Stiller, Amy Poehler, Meat Loaf, Colin Hanks, David Krumholtz

Director: Liam Lynch

Director: Liam Lynch
Producer: Stuart Cornfield
Composer: Andrew Gross
Studio: New Line Cinema

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

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
08/12/08
Richard Luck
Channel 4 Film
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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 Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
07/17/08
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
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May just win over the rockers of old and new...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
09/19/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
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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 Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/03/07
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com
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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 Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
02/25/07
Kam Williams
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Apart from the cameos, the movie limps along from one satiric rock song to another, with only the music to carry it.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment 1 Comment
02/24/07
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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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 Source: Urban Cinefile | comment 1 Comment
02/10/07
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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 Source: Time Out | comment 1 Comment
12/30/06
David Jenkins
Time Out
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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 Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
12/30/06
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
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When they weren't performing, I frequently lost the will to live.

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12/30/06
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
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Tenacious D's big screen outing is extremely patchy but the laughs just about compensate for all the dull, unamusing bits.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
12/30/06
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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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 Source: Zertinet Movies | comment Comment
12/30/06
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies
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...designed to appeal solely to fans of Jack Black and Kyle Gass...

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12/30/06
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
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... the film is also one of the funniest films of 2006 ...

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/30/06
Mark Bell
Film Threat
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A sporadically entertaining rock opera.

Full Review Source: cinemaobsession.com | comment Comment
12/22/06
Jeff Otto
cinemaobsession.com
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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 Source: Sympatico.ca | comment 1 Comment
12/19/06
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca
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Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny proves one thing: Rock and roll never dies. It just gains weight.

Full Review Source: Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) | comment Comment
12/07/06
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
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The duo strains at their comedy the same way they strain at their music.

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12/04/06
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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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.

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11/30/06
Paul Arendt
BBC
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The camaraderie that Penelope Spheeris sharpened in the first Wayne's World is missing. So is the sincerity of its metal passions.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
11/29/06
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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