Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, heavy metal superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. The members of one of the most successful heavy-metal band in history submit to two years of intensive group therapy to work through conflicts in their 20-year working relationship.
1959 in Houston, Texas, USA
31 March 1956, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
20 June 1971, New Jersey, USA
30 October 1961, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
30 December 1972, Michigan, USA
3 August 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
18 November 1962, San Francisco, California, USA
January 27, 2005
Probing study of dysfunctional heavy metal band
July 30, 2004
Serious, funny, frustrating and touching.
August 19, 2004
Fans of the band will love the revealing footage, especially landmark moments such as bassist auditions (more famous names showed up than the one they picked) and encounters with the ex-Metallica members (Newsted and Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine).
September 19, 2010
A mostly terrific documentary about a mostly terrible album. Despite derisory poor-me whining, it captures fragility and fear in Metallica's questioned relevancy, considered disbandment and the closest things to tears they can muster for each other.
August 06, 2004
An unflinching and often hilarious look at the humanity of these heavy-metal gods.
August 20, 2010
An entertaining and penetrating look at the creative process
July 30, 2004
Fans will undoubtedly thrive on every second. For the rest of us, Monster is precisely that: a creature powerful but ungainly.
June 21, 2005
Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster is a masterpiece of rock 'n roll documentary filmmaking, and has set the bar high for those who attempt it in the future.
July 30, 2004
Absorbing, funny, exhilaratingly entertaining.
February 01, 2005
Overlong, but interesting documentary of heavy metal band Metallica.
April 25, 2017
Raw docu shows band at a low point; frequent cursing.
August 06, 2004
If you're a fan, you will almost certainly be touched by this effort to put an entire dysfunctional band on the couch. And if you're not, well, you're going to giggle.
