The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
Observing how fertile the field of heavy metal music is for satire, it's disappointing to watch Airheads bumble around, desperately trying to find something funny to say.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Fraser and Buscemi are deadpan delights. And Sandler, Opera Man on SNL, is a red-hot screen find.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
rotten:
There should have been enough material here for six sitcoms. Instead, there's not even enough for one movie.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
About airheads, and for them, too.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
The anarchic saga could have used more bite or the hint of a threat just to keep things interesting.