Heavy Metal 1981

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Heavy Metal has been animated with great verve, and scored very well, with music much less ear-splitting than the title would suggest. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Some of the animation is first-rate, particularly in the more modest comedy segments, and even the heavy set pieces have greater flash and dazzle than anything Ralph Bakshi mustered around the same period. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Fantasies that are gratuitously sexist and Fascist (macho whoring and warmongering), and whose roots reach all the way back to post-hippie paranoia, feed the tangled plot-lines of a movie that... should disappoint even the teenage wet-dreamers. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Initial segments have a boisterous blend of dynamic graphics, intriguing plot premises and sly wit that unfortunately slide gradually downhill. Read more