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Air Guitar Nation

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Although the world championship of air-guitar playing has been held since 1996, Americans have been competing for the world crown only since 2003. Hundreds of hopefuls converge on New York's Pussycat Lounge to compete for the honor of representing the U.S. at the international contest in Finland.

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It's up for debate how serious or ironic its subjects are, but Air Guitar Nation is nonetheless a funny and exciting documentary with a killer soundtrack.

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard There must be better, more useful ways of amusing themselves but obviously none which would allow them to strut the stage to the plaudits of a baying crowd like latter-day rock stars. Rated: 2/6 Nov 9, 2007 Full Review Sukhdev Sandhu Daily Telegraph (UK) Very funny. Nov 9, 2007 Full Review Xan Brooks Guardian Like most guitar solos, the film doesn't quite know when to quit. Rated: 2/5 Nov 9, 2007 Full Review Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) It isn't so much the battle of the one-man-bands that is so compelling, as the journey itself, as sublime as it is ridiculous. Aug 23, 2017 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Put aside all of your preconceptions of air guitar as a hobby of shamelessly untalented wanna-be guitar players, and step into the world of competitive air guitar. Rated: B Apr 26, 2009 Full Review Keith H. Brown Eye for Film When a documentary is as entertaining as Air Guitar Nation, you have to ask if you really need it to have redeeming social value or to advance the art form in any way. Rated: 4/5 Dec 7, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Not as fun or as sad or as heartwarming/uplifting as it could have been. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A surprisingly fun and interesting look at the world of air guitar. And even Oulu looks rather picturesque. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member This is an inspirational film, in the sense that it inspired me to want to play air guitar. Everyone?s done it, so why not make a worldwide competition out of it? In this film we meet the best of the best at pretending to play an invisible instrument. Needless to say, some of them are weird. But the film is fun and intriguing and there?s never really a dull moment, especially if you can appreciate some first-rate beautifully hardcore air-guitaring. Anyway, why someone wouldn?t want to watch a documentary about air guitar is beyond me, so go rent it now! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member This is an interesting doco, it would be hard not to be captivating considering the people involved in this competition, they are simply put hilarious. The doco itself is pretty average, very short in length and a simple chronicle of the first American entry in the world Air guitar championship. It's a good film, interesting and engaging but nothing fantastic, it's simply entertaining. C Diddy is great, you can't help but laugh when he gets up on stage and to see his parents at the final competition is great. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Once the "Oh haha" moment of it all being about air guitarists is gone, it's a standard documentary that would've been a lot cooler if you caught it as a monthly special on VH1. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Funny documentary it so dam ridiculous and I can't believe how big this is and the people are as ridiculous RENT Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Although the world championship of air-guitar playing has been held since 1996, Americans have been competing for the world crown only since 2003. Hundreds of hopefuls converge on New York's Pussycat Lounge to compete for the honor of representing the U.S. at the international contest in Finland.
Director
Alexandra Lipsitz
Producer
Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Anna Barber
Distributor
Shadow Distribution
Production Co
Magical Elves Productions
Rating
R (Brief Nudity|Some Language)
Genre
Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 23, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 15, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$71.5K
Runtime
1h 18m
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