Airheads
Because of being tired of record industry executives, three members in a band decide take a local radio station hostage to play their demo and it makes many people know increasingly about them. Will they succeed?
17 December 1945, Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
13 October 1964, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
14 July 1970, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 December 1945, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
25 September 1960, Venice, California, USA
9 September 1966, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
17 October 1962, Guayaquil, Ecuador
15 August 1966, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
18 August 1958, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
17 October 1947, New York City, New York, USA
3 May 1961
May 28, 2013
Everyone in the film has simply been better and funnier, before. Even Fraser.June 01, 2008
Violence passes for comedy, and poor music passes for nothing.May 20, 2003
There should have been enough material here for six sitcoms. Instead, there's not even enough for one movie.August 02, 2002
Years later, it's much easier to appreciate this cast of then-unknowns which would develop into superstars.January 01, 2000
A spoof of heavy-metal culture that at the same time respects the vitality and pent-up passion behind it.February 09, 2006
About airheads, and for them, too.January 01, 2000
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.May 12, 2001
Fraser and Buscemi are deadpan delights. And Sandler, Opera Man on SNL, is a red-hot screen find.June 01, 2008
Airheads commits the cardinal sin of satire: it's not sure what it's making fun of.July 29, 2002
"keeps threatening to be funny, but rarely scores"June 01, 2008
The anarchic saga could have used more bite or the hint of a threat just to keep things interesting.January 16, 2005
A bit of a mess, but one of Steve Buscemi's best performances before hitting the big time.