6/10
Metalhead is the story of a woman named Hera who, at 12 years old, witnessed the horrific, accidental death of her older brother on their family farm. She follows in his footsteps when she gets older as a diehard heavy metal fan, using the music as a coping device but still acting out, living as an outsider in an incredibly small Icelandic town with no real outlet for her grief and with almost no one else around to share her musical passion. The movie also focuses on her parents and both their own grief and the role they play in their daughter's life.
This was one of those movies where the premise was more interesting than the actual result. Hera is actually, for the most part, an incredibly irritating character. Her age is never revealed but her acting out comes across as absurdly childish and, in most instances, downright criminal. I couldn't help but feel the actress playing her just looked too old for the part - if it was a teenage girl acting out this way she would be easier to sympathize with, but the girl playing the adult Hera looked to be in her late 20's. You wanted to shake her and tell her to get her shit together instead of taking pity on her.
There's some light humor in the movie, but also some severely cringeworthy moments. Some of it felt like simple wish-fulfillment fantasy as written by a metalhead. The pacing in the film also feels off. It felt like it could have ended at least 5 times before it actually did. I will say though that I did enjoy the (actual) ending very much, and that probably saved it from getting a lower score out of me.
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