Heavy Trip
Doppelganger Releasing | Release Date: October 5, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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8
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1
Negative:
0
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RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsOct 5, 2018
A Finnish ensemble comedy about a wannabe black metal band, is probably the only film you'll see this year with a crowd-surfing corpse. Don't let the last part of that sentence dissuade you from seeing Heavy Trip: it's a real crowdpleaser. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonOct 4, 2018
In their feature debut, co-writers/directors Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren and co-writers Aleksi Puranen and Jari Olavi Rantala reach for absurdist comedy — the reindeer-blood accident, the projectile-vomit bit, the grave-robbing incident — with a touch so light that the general nuttiness comes to seem a central (and essential) component of Finnish rural life. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungOct 4, 2018
Part let's-get-it-together band saga and part road movie, the story arc is awfully familiar, but that doesn't stop it being a rollicking romp. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeOct 3, 2018
While the film’s attempts at slapstick can be painful — in a cringing way, not in a brutal way — Heavy Trip does succeed in creating perhaps the most charming ensemble of morbid dorks since "What We Do In The Shadows." Read full review
70
Film ThreatFilipe FreitasFeb 19, 2019
Heavy Trip is an absurdist, powerhouse folly, which feels spunky enough to honor the musical genre and comes filled with deadpan hilarity to please comedy addicts. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenOct 4, 2018
Playing like a Nordic “This is Spinal Tap,” the Finnish import Heavy Trip, a satire about an aspiring heavy metal band’s efforts to land its first legitimate gig, proves as affably goofy as its characters. Read full review
67
ConsequenceDominick Suzanne-MayerOct 5, 2018
As a fish-out-of-water comedy, it’s effectively funny more often than it isn’t, and as an ode to the unlikely communities that arise around black metal, it’s entirely sincere in its intentions. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerOct 3, 2018
It's no "Metalocalypse" (pretty much the only metal comedy to completely break the rules), and there are no new classic anthems here, but if you want to bang your head to a very familiar beat, Heavy Trip is a solid cover version. Read full review
50
Slant MagazinePat BrownOct 3, 2018
Its story distances heavy metal from any whiff of toxic masculinity by setting Turo and company against homophobes and rakes. Read full review
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