Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Critic Reviews

The band's implosion and reassembly makes for one of the most marvelous rock documentaries of all time. Read the full review

One of the most revelatory rock portraits ever made. Read the full review

You realize you are witnessing a psychodrama of novelistic intricacy and epic scope. Read the full review

It's a measure of the film's brilliance that it strips away the trappings of superstardom and allows audiences to see these men as flawed human beings first, musicians second, and rock gods a distant third.Read the full review

If you've seen the Beatles documentary "Let It Be," you know what four men who are heartily sick of one another look like, and in 2001, Metallica had been recording twice as long as the Fab Four. Read the full review

These are rich, aging men in a young man's game, and the discrepancy between image and reality, captured by the filmmakers, makes for engrossing material. Read the full review

Absorbing, funny, exhilaratingly entertaining ride through two years in the life of the most successful heavy metal band in history.Read the full review

Pic itself is a long haul, at nearly 2½ hours; yet one needn't be a fan of Metallica or heavy metal to be engrossed throughout.Read the full review

Isn't about rock music or even the people who make it; it's about people, period, and the myriad ways they mangle themselves and each other. Read the full review