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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerDocumentaries about disabilities don’t come any smarter or more touching than Mission to Lars, a beautiful sibling road trip tale with a heavy-metal flourish.
- 80EmpireEmpireThis is not about where the Spicers end up, but how they get there, and you endure every stressful, exhausting and spectacularly tender moment of that voyage with them.
- 80Total FilmKevin HarleyTotal FilmKevin HarleyIt’s also enlightening, the Spicers and us learning things about Tom that inform, move, humanise and suck us into his story.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonIt will not teach you very much about either autism or Metallica, but you will leave the theater smiling.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerWe’re not sure what sister and brother ultimately learned about their much different sibling, and one is left with the feeling the trip was more in service of the film’s narrative than a dream-fulfilling jaunt for Tom.
- 60The GuardianCatherine ShoardThe GuardianCatherine ShoardThe peripheral interviews with the extended Spicer family are as compelling as the central quest; this is a film with rare honesty and nuance in a field that frequently feels queasy.
- 60Time Out LondonTime Out LondonThere’s more at play than a feelgood factor, as William and Kate are forced to examine their own reasons for making the trip. However well-intentioned, giving, they realise, is also taking.
- 40The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinAdmirable cause, amateurish film.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceBut the biggest frustration is that the film's abrupt ending fails to show whether Kate and William really did rebuild their relationship with Tom on the Ulrich quest, and, either way, what that outcome means for the rest of us.