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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BTL

@BTLreviews Jul 21

I gave Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny five stars because I thought it was a great movie. Even though it didn’t perform well at the box office when it was originally released, I think it would find a much larger audience if it came out today. I’d love to see another movie, especially one that explores how the band first met and follows their early journey through the world of rock music. Seeing the adventures, challenges, and hilarious moments that shaped Tenacious D would make for an entertaining sequel or prequel. I also hope it keeps the same outrageous comedy, over-the-top humor, and edgy style that made the original so memorable.

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Corbin S

@RT33697046 Jul 11

A LONG ASS FREAKING TIME AGO

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Tim B

@RT47488560 Jul 11

Why would anyone poop on this fun movie? Let’s see you write and sing badass songs like they did. And it’s silly fun. Critics can just stink sometimes

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g J

@g.username Jul 6

Fun, dumb, cheesy entertainment with some great jokes and a few badass tunes. Never got the hate for this one.

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Jeffery J

@Jeffery420 Jul 2

This movie deserves a better review in 53% The only reason why people didn’t like this movies because Jack Black made a bunch of kids movies which he tell us to stay in the student really fit in with all the other movies he was making so basically the only people that was giving is a good reviews Tenacious D fan People that gave me a bad review was people that thought it was too bad for their kids and Christians

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Spinosaurus S

@RT85456511 Jun 6

As a Tenacious D fan, I found this hilarious and dumb but fun! Absolute must watch

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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)