This is not Spinal Tap, exactly

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

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Despite the knowing winks to Rob Reiner's great mockumentary (a visit to Stonehenge, a sound-board dial that goes to 11, a drummer named Robb Reiner), it seems that Anvil really is a marginally once-popular Ontario metal band. Which makes all the hilarious self-parodic, delusional stuff here pretty sad. Which is not to say it's not a fine movie, only that your really wish it weren't quite so true.

Debunking note: reviews notwithstanding, there is no exclamation point in the title as it appears on the poster or in the opening titles. Maybe there should be, but there's not.