Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny

From The Greatest Band on Earth comes The Greatest Motion Picture of All Time. Part band origin story, part daft adventure, we follow Kage (Gass) and JB (Black) on their quest to find the Pick of Destiny, a guitar pick fashioned from the tooth of Satan himself, one that grants the wielder the ability to perform unholy licks. There's nothing here to attract newbies to the world of the "D" and, while devotees may get some initial kicks, there's not much to hold their attention. Only during an opening mini-opera with Meatloaf as Jack's music detesting father, or a rock-off with Grohl's Satan does it come close to rocking your fucking socks off. Worse still, it just isn't very funny for long stretches; much of the physical comedy falls flat, too often falling back on stoner slapstick, while the trademark lyrics don't get much of a chance to shine. There are, after all, only so many times you can rhyme "rock" with "cock" and still generate laughs. [Paul Greenwood]