Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny

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Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny

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2006

1h 37m

Comedy

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Musicians JB (Jack Black) and KG (Kyle Gass) begin a friendship that could lead to the formation of the greatest rock band in the world. To make that dream come true, the righteous duo embark on a quest to find a legendary guitar pick that possesses supernatural powers.

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Critics Consensus

Tenacious D fans will find this movie hilarious; everybody else will see only a low-brow concept movie and a small assembly of jokes stretched past the 100-minute mark.

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David Jenkins

Time Out

12/30/2006

Clearly intended to be viewed through a haze of marijuana smoke, it'd be against the law for us to recommend this film.

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Paul Arendt

BBC.com

11/30/2006

3/5

The Pick of Destiny ain't going to win any awards, and the girls don't get much of a look-in, but it will strike a few power chords with a certain generation that is too old to disco and too young to die.

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Simon Crook

Empire Magazine

11/29/2006

3/5

For fans, a crowd-surf over Tenacious D's best bits. For the unbaptised, a novelty movie of a novelty band, big on spirit but in search of a script.

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Joshua Ryan

FandomWire

10/01/2024

7/10

While Black and Gass’ comedic chemistry carries the increasingly absurd humor to new heights, comedy legends round out the supporting cast cameos and bit parts.

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

11/03/2018

2/5

It's a fun ride in the puerile style of Kevin Smith, but for non-fans of Black or the D, this will grate like a tone-deaf musician.

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

08/23/2017

If you put your brain in park, it's all vaguely amusing, in a silly fashion, much like a Ramones song, three chords of dumb fun that blows away like so much dry-ice smoke.

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James H

Nov 2

100% a Guilty pleasure, just th right amount of dumb, with epic songs that to this date I can sing from start to end. Not the greatest movie in the world, but one of the best bad movies of all time, and I mean this in the best of ways.

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Hunter A.

@Fatal_Error_Music Oct 23

This movie is definitely meant for Tenacious D fans, So other people might not like it as much, and the story is definitely everywhere, but I enjoyed it

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Trina C

Sep 24

This movie needs to be in top ten funniest movies ever. I’m APPALLED at the low ratings!!

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Ben H

Jul 24

Underappreciated but seriously golden movie full of musical and comedy talent. It's very memorable and full of insane talent.

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Dylan C

Jun 29

Genuinely one of the funniest and most entertaining movies ive ever seen. This came out when I was a child, my brother got it on dvd when he worked at our local grocery store and we watched it same day. It was hilarious back then because you know, fart jokes, dick jokes, and all that was funny for a kid. But even as an adult the jokes still hit really well. Im not a fan of musicals at all, dont even know if this is considered one or not. But the songs are out of this world crazy awesome. Kickapoo to start off, Dios Hollywood song, Classico purely acoustic, others in there and then the Rock Off with the Devil at the end? AWESOME! Hell, me remembering it in my head I started singing it and wanted to come write this review. Also dont forget the cameos! Meatloaf as JBs dad, Dio coming out of the poster, Tim Robbins, and even Dave Grohl as the Devil? Masterful!

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 19

Funny in 01 hour, 34 minutes, and 05 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Pervasive Language, Drug Use and Sexual Content!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed on: November 22nd, 2006, in color!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Copyright 2006-2025 by New Line Cinema, a Warner Brothers Discovery company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring the members of Tenacious D as themselves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Pervasive Language, Drug Use and Sexual Content!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

Musicians JB (Jack Black) and KG (Kyle Gass) begin a friendship that could lead to the formation of the greatest rock band in the world. To make that dream come true, the righteous duo embark on a quest to find a legendary guitar pick that possesses supernatural powers.

Director: Liam Lynch
Producer: Jack Black, Stuart Cornfield, Kyle Gass
Screenwriter: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Liam Lynch
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: Red Hour Films
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Drug Use|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 22, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.3M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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