Anvil is a documentary that not only speaks to music aficionados, but to people who have ever followed a dream and failed or given up

| Sep 25, 2022

Indeed, the movie turns out to be as much about teenage dreams and middle-aged male friendship as it is about music, which means, fortunately, that you don't have to be a metalhead to enjoy it.

| Nov 20, 2020

Anvil! The Story of Anvil is funny, poignant, tender and remarkably affirming of spending one's life chasing a dream.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 2, 2020

You can say what you want about Anvil, but they are still here, still rocking out, and because of that they are a success.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 12, 2020

Robb and Lips are so wonderfully, unabashedly human and real that you can't help but identify with them.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 5, 2019

Memorable music docu on Canadian metal band; lots of cursing

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 16, 2017

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 14, 2012

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 18, 2011

A winning way to thrash out an evening's entertainment.

| Aug 18, 2011

It's worth seeing because it's as dramatic as movies come, and the characters are more real than anything you'll see in a work of fiction.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 26, 2011

Anvil! es ante todo el retrato de una amistad verdadera, la de dos compañeros de ruta que a pesar del paso del tiempo y de los fracasos (...) todavía siguen persiguiendo el mismo sueño loco de cuando eran adolescentes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 15, 2011

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 21, 2010

Transcends thrash metal culture and becomes a working class tale of doing what you love at all costs.

| Original Score: B | Jan 7, 2010

One of the most uplifting and inspirational movies of the year.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 31, 2009

The journey of Anvil in the film is one suffused with love and passion...they are the poster-band for passion, and their story is worth checking out.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 29, 2009

What's so refreshing about 'Anvil: The Story of Anvil' is that it focuses on a Toronto band named Anvil who have been playing for 30 years despite having no commercial success to show for it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2009

I found more real-life poetry about aspiration and failure in a fictional effort such as The Wrestler.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 4, 2009

This is one of those movies that makes you want to find out what happens next, and those are the best kind.

| Original Score: A | Dec 3, 2009

You'll learn nothing new here about chasing the dream, but this non-fiction story may convince you to make room in your heart to appreciate the combination of earnestness and doggedness that some people maintain.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 24, 2009

Its touching human interest story about survival hit me in the gut.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 19, 2009