Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back

Name: Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000-07-26
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: W. Earl Brown, Dedee Pfeiffer, Zachary Throne

TV Movie
2000
PG-13
1h 27m

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6.5/10

545

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Drama

"Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strike... Read all"Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mother's death, in an impossible task to prove himself to the w... Read all"Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mother's death, in an impossible task to prove himself to the world and to himself. A chance audition for a musical leads him to join forces with compose... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

545

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Trivia
Meat Loaf's daughter, Amanda Aday, has a small part as Grocery Clerk.

Goofs
Scenes supposedly filmed in Dallas County, Texas feature prominent mountains. There are no mountains whatsoever in Dallas County, Texas.

Connections
Features The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

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6/10

W. Earl Brown salvages bland docudrama

This docudrama starts with MeatLoaf (W. Earl Brown) as a kid growing up in Dallas 1958. He's a fat kid with a sick mother and a drunken abusive father. He's bullied by the school kids. He played high school football, and got into drama. He strikes out for Hollywood after the death of his mother eventually connecting with composer Jim Steinman (Zachary Throne) and future wife Leslie Edmonds (Dedee Pfeiffer). But old demons continue to haunt him.

I wouldn't say this is good drama. There are highlights, and the movie is checking off one highlight after another. There is even a 'The Voice' moment as Jim Steinman turns around and shockingly finds the chubby man with the Wagner voice. Brown does a great job impersonating MeatLoaf. I'm sure he got the job for his striking resemblance but they got a great actor to boot. He's the only one saving this from being a hopelessly bland docudrama.