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Air Guitar Nation Review

  • Release Date: Mar 23, 2007
  • Rated: some language and brief nudity
  • Runtime: 1 hr. 22 min.
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Documentary
  • Director:Alexandra Lipsitz

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4.0

Dave White Profile

… doesn't try to be cooler than its subject matter … Read full review

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  • 4.0
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  • 70

    out of 100

    The New York Times

    The movie's wild performances and droll humor are tough to resist.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Variety Ronnie Scheib

    With equal measures of showmanship, patriotism and irony, hundreds vie at NYC's Pussycat Lounge for the East Coast Division of the first-ever nationwide air guitar championship for the right to eventually represent the U.S. at the world championship.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

    It's one of the charms of Air Guitar Nation that much of it plays like a mockumentary in which you're not quite sure who's pulling your leg. But it's real, even if the guitars are not.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    My long strums are pretty f---ing tight," gushes one faux-ax-stroker in this slick, hilarious, and at times even suspenseful ode to competitive mock-rock and/or the further decline of Western civ.

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  • 83

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    When C-Diddy (a.k.a. David Jung), in his samurai superman suit, does his note-perfect, lip-twisting, belly-jiggling manic mime of Extreme's ''Play With Me,'' it's hard not to grin and admit that, yes, this is almost an art form.

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