Review of Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) by Michael E — 07 Feb 2016

Anvil were the band in the early 80's that toured with Bon Jovi, Whitesnake etc and while those bands went onto become very famous and make a lot of money for some reason Anvil didn't. The movie shows us two geezers who live ordinary lives and still play live shows around Canada to only a handful of people.

It's a huge fall from grace from what you see at the start of the film. Everything that these two men do is a struggle, but they keep going and they do it for the love of music and playing together.

There are a lot of high's and lows and it is a movie which shows us that being in a band ain't as glamorous as some people think.