Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
New Line Cinema | Release Date: November 22, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatMark Bell
In the end, Jack, Kyle and director Liam Lynch ("Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic") have created more than just a low-brow comedy, they've created a comedic saga, a film more rock show than movie. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Comic gold for anyone who is currently stoned, has been stoned in the past or spends a lot of time around stoned people. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
Sticks to formula but delivers some seriously dumb laughs. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
"The Blues Brothers" it is not, but in its best moments, the movie feels like a comic exaggeration of the real hardships that a couple of average, decidedly unhip guys went through on their unlikely way to the top. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
It's colorful and determinedly kooky, with "Kung Fu" references and an H.R. Pufnstuf interlude between performances. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
From the looks of it, a good 90 percent of The D's creative juices were expended on The Pick Of Destiny's brilliant opening sequence. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Works just like a Tenacious D song. The movie feels giddy and eruptive, dopily enthralled with itself, and more or less made up on the spot. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
In a world in which "Borat" is a global brand, there's certainly a place for Tenacious D -- who, after all, are merely the greatest band in the world: Just ask 'em. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
The movie is spotty. The short films, essentially comic sketches, were more consistently funny. The movie lags on occasion, but it also has quite a few laughs. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Ultimately, Tenacious D is a sight gag -- two unprepossessing, chunky dudes rocking out like wiry guitar gods -- supplemented by spot-on digs at the macho bombast and Dungeons & Dragons silliness that drives heavy-metal mania. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Proudly, and often hilariously, juvenile, "Destiny" is packed with typically grandiose Tenacious D anthems - the sort that thrill 15-year-old boys listening alone in their bedrooms. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle Smith
The beginning and end are classics. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
As a movie, it’s a mess — and lazy, too. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
The Pick of Destiny is fast and funny, and you can't beat the songs (especially the not exactly heartwrenching Dude I Totally Miss You). Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Baked and half-baked, Tenacious D does manage to give the term potty humor a new meaning. That's some kind of genius, right? Read full review
60
VarietyBrian Lowry
Not surprisingly, the pic struggles at times to flesh out even its relatively brief 90-odd-minute duration, but it delivers some genuine if generally low-brow laughs along the way. Read full review
60
EmpireSimon Crook
For fans, a crowd-surf over Tenacious D’s best bits. For the unbaptised, a novelty movie of a novelty band, big on spirit but in search of a script. Read full review
50
Village VoiceRobert Wilonsky
Tenacious D is utterly harmless and totally pointless. Black and Gass have been at this so long their dirty little joke has all the punch of a Catskills routine. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
It's stoner comedy of the most absurd kind, part fryboy mental drizzle, part wink-wink audience baiting, and wholly, utterly funny. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
A large amount of dope is smoked in The Pick of Destiny, perhaps the most since the salad days of Cheech & Chong. This may be the problem. Pot rarely helped anybody's comic timing. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
As it wobbles from one episode to the next, The Pick of Destiny is a garish mess, and some of it feels padded. But it has enough jokes to keep you smiling, and the spirit Mr. Black brings to it is a fervent (and touching) affection for the music he spoofs but obviously adores. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
In the end, you have to possess a sweet spot for Black and his antics to find Tenacious D more than barely watchable. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Most of the movie, about the search for a magical guitar pick, farts along at the level of a "Wayne's World" sketch. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
No matter how "mock" this epic gets, it isn't mock enough. The "D" in the title must stand for dead weight. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
A movie for people fascinated by toilets and Sabbath. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring characters they created for the HBO program "Mr. Show With Bob and David" to the big screen with mixed success, depending on the age, gender and degree of inebriation of the filmgoer. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Black and Kyle Gass started their acoustic/heavy metal rock music comedy act back in the late 1980s. Gold albums and HBO shorts followed, now this. Still, any movie featuring Jack Black with an appearance by Sasquatch is not a total loss, and, for those who care, we learn the origin of the group's name. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
As it exists, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny is strictly for the tenaciously devoted. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
Not only screams out to be a midnight movie, but one in need of, shall we say, an herbal supplement, and we aren't talking ginkgo biloba. Read full review
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