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Air Guitar Nation

Name: Air Guitar Nation
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006-03-09
Rating: 5.9

Documentary1h 21m

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86%

Tomatometer

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79%

Popcornmeter

5.9

TMDB

Storyline

If your bedroom has become too small a stage for your air guitar antics, take inspiration from the competitors featured here as they battle their way from the inaugural U.S. Air Guitar Championship to the world championship in Oulu, Finland. Along the way, filmmaker Alexandra Lipsitz documents the fierce rivalries that develop as would-be rock legends vie for top honors in technical accuracy, stage presence and "airness."

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DirectorAlexandra Lipsitz

ReleasedMar 9, 2006

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide15GB

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

4 fresh · 2 rotten

Critics consensus

“It's up for debate how serious or ironic its subjects are, but Air Guitar Nation is nonetheless a funny and exciting documentary with a killer soundtrack.”

86% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Derek Malcolm

RTLondon Evening StandardNov 9, 2007

There must be better, more useful ways of amusing themselves but obviously none which would allow them to strut the stage to the plaudits of a baying crowd like latter-day rock stars.

Xan Brooks

RTGuardianNov 9, 2007

Like most guitar solos, the film doesn't quite know when to quit.

Dorothy Woodend

RTThe Tyee (British Columbia)Aug 23, 2017

It isn't so much the battle of the one-man-bands that is so compelling, as the journey itself, as sublime as it is ridiculous.

Cole Smithey

RTColeSmithey.comApr 26, 2009

Put aside all of your preconceptions of air guitar as a hobby of shamelessly untalented wanna-be guitar players, and step into the world of competitive air guitar.