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A Step Beyond Science Fiction
A Step Beyond Science Fiction
Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Music, Science Fiction - 1981
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6.7
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The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Director:
,
Gerald Potterton
Cast:
,
Harold Ramis
,
John Candy
,
Joe Flaherty
,
Jackie Burroughs
,
Rodger Bumpass

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Rated:
R
Runtime:
90 min
Release date:
7 Aug 1981
Country:
CA
Languages:
English, Hungarian
Budget:
$9,300,000
Revenue:
$20,100,000
Awards:
4 wins & 2 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Regardless of its dated stylishness (which still holds up remarkably well a decade plus later), Heavy Metal was a pioneering film in 1981 and remains a pivitol and infuential body of art today.
– Jeff Gilbert,
Film.com,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Heavy Metal has been animated with great verve, and scored very well, with music much less ear-splitting than the title would suggest.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
rotten:
Fantasies that are gratuitously sexist and Fascist (macho whoring and warmongering), and whose roots reach all the way back to post-hippie paranoia, feed the tangled plot-lines of a movie that... should disappoint even the teenage wet-dreamers.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Some of the animation is first-rate, particularly in the more modest comedy segments, and even the heavy set pieces have greater flash and dazzle than anything Ralph Bakshi mustered around the same period.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
16 Apr 2007
rotten:
Initial segments have a boisterous blend of dynamic graphics, intriguing plot premises and sly wit that unfortunately slide gradually downhill.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
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