Product Details

• Actors: Kiss
• Directors: Jim Heneghan
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Video Music, Inc.
• DVD Release Date: November 20, 2007
• Run Time: 168 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000VWQUE2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,404 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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The makers of insightful Hellacopters documentary Goodnight, Cleveland provide us with another rock ’n’ roll film worth its weight in celluloid. A decade in the making, KISS Loves You captures the reality of being a dedicated KISS fanatic... -Keith Carman for exclaim.ca

There’s a pinch of the voyeuristic, slack-jawed amazement that made John Heyn and Jeff Krulik’s landmark 1986 short Heavy Metal Parking Lot such a wild sub-cultural curio in Jim Heneghan’s Kiss Loves You, a fascinating look behind the curtain of probably the best-marketed band of the past quarter century. There’s also a slight reminiscence to 1997’s Trekkies, a documentary which explored a similarly fervent fan group. Put it all together, and you have a briskly paced nonfiction flick treat that plays well to audiences both wide and narrow. Kiss Loves You starts out as a bit of a piece of agitprop. Heneghan (the Hellacopters documentary Goodnight, Cleveland), though, smartly makes sure the film isn’t just some rah-rah document. A decade in the making, Kiss Loves You captures the reality of fanatical fandom, but also the cold actualities of the fact that sometimes getting what one wishes for has unintended consequences... On the surface, this was a Kiss fan’s dream come true, but for some folks the return of their idols brought unexpected losses and harsh new problems. Kiss Loves You delves into unofficial Kiss conventions and tribute band gigs for a wealth of information, conducting interviews with average folks... (and) musicians like Dee Snider, Todd Youth and Dictators frontman Dick Manitoba. The music rocks, but Simmons and cohorts Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley come across as crassly tunnel-visioned businessmen on a certain level. The real point: Kiss loves the fact that you love them.-Brent Simon for shareddarkness.com

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KISS LOVES YOU - DVD Movie

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Schlockumentary, September 27, 2007

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AlleyCat Advocat "Laure" (Sparta, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kiss Loves You (DVD)

I say that as a compliment: this expertly edited and "come full circle" document of a group of KISS fans, their trials and tribulations with the outside world and with each other- is filmed so deftly, and it is absolutely hilarious. The satire is not lost, even for someone who might not be a fan of the band, but anyone who is a fan and has waded these waters might see themselves in the film.....I hope we see more from this filmaker- highly reccomended.*****

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly well done, December 29, 2007

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This review is from: Kiss Loves You (DVD)

I think this video is very well done. It is, basically, a circular review of the tribute bands (Strutter, Hotter Than Hell, etc.) AND, most importantly, how the original Kiss members, despite the rhetoric of "we'd do anything for the fans," ends up being, truthfully, requoted as "We'd do anything for the fans. . .as long as their is a dollar in it for US." Be forwarned, when you watch how Kiss goes to one of the conventions, and, in front of everybody, starts to take back "their" stuff, throwing it in boxes, claiming it was stolen from them. While that is true, couldn't they have waited until the closing of the convention, and gone in, with the police, after hours, and stocked up on the stolen goods INSTEAD of doing it in front of the fans--who didn't know it was stolen? When Paul is given a plaque by a little 4 year old boy, and then leaves the wooden plaque behind, on the sound board, it looks REALLY bad. . .You will no longer see Kiss for the super-heroes they want people to believe they are. . .but sadly, you see them as fractured humans, in love of money and fame, whose real drive is not music, nor the dream they gave hundreds of fans of "believing in themselves" but whose real drive is the almightly dollar. There are no more loyal fans than Kiss fans; this video is VERY well done. . .but beware: poetic justice is served to all of us fans on a BIG FAT PLATE of arrogance. Sad. . .but MANY Kiss fans, who in one way or another, have felt jilted by the band, will identify with the contents of this video. Remember, they are human, too, and to look-up to 4 flawed humans, will only deliver spoiled pie. Well done. 5 stars out of 5 Stars.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not like "Trekkies" with KISS, March 25, 2008

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Mel Zorro - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kiss Loves You (DVD)

This documentary gets some emotion out of you, that's for sure. I bought it expecting to laugh at crazy KISS fans, but really it created the opposite reaction.
Maybe I'm too close to the source material, being a semi-fanatical KISS Army member myself, as I found this to be a real downer. But a very well done and interesting downer, with a few funny moments.

Here were the high/low points:
-The "KISS Family" was pretty wacky, it seemed like the Dad was the ring leader and the rest of the family was being dragged along for the ride (or brainwashed, in the case of the Paul Stanley obsessed son). Even non-family gets roped in when "Felix" as Vinnie Vincent joins up.
-The "War of the Tribute Bands" is interesting and has a nice wrap-up, although the drummer/roadie for Hotter Than Hell looks so road weary at the end, you just feel sorry for the guy.
-Bill Baker's story really shows the dangers of idolizing your heroes. He got to live the dream of being "friends" with Ace-but ended up being "dumped". Really though, Bill appears to just have an obsessive personality, as he quickly moves on to idolizing Elvis-a hero that can't hurt or let him down.

Other highlights include:

-"Nerdy Gene" at the convention who seems to take no pleasure in being a KISS fan, apparently it's serious business.
-Hearing that the "Paul Stanley Kid" is now 13 and listens to Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys.
-The silent 8mm footage of a Hotter Than Hell/Dressed to Kill show.

I recommend this DVD to even the casual KISS fan, as it really places the role of KISS in perspective. KISS rocks, KISS is fun, but maybe not the best thing to build your life around.

Buy it and shed a tear or two...or not.