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Backyard (2003)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:14

Rotten:5

Average Rating:6.6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 78 mins

Genre: Sports/Recreation

Theatrical Release:Aug 29, 2003 Limited

Synopsis: Set in the Nevada desert, this intense bout of wrestling pushes the boundaries of the sport back further than you ever thought possible! Utilizing some vicious extras (like a barbed wire ring),... Set in the Nevada desert, this intense bout of wrestling pushes the boundaries of the sport back further than you ever thought possible! Utilizing some vicious extras (like a barbed wire ring), this is intense, brutal wrestling at its finest. [More]

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Nov 18, 2003

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  • In the heat of the Nevada Desert, two brothers fight to settle it once and for all in the "3 Stages of Hell:" battle in a barbed wire ring; buried alive in the scorching sands;" a grave covered by a plank wrapped in barbed wire and set aflame Introduced by WWF Superstar Rob Van Dam. Also meet The Lizard, Chaos, Scar, Heartless and Sic, who inhabit the violent and bizarre world of backyard wrestling where lightbulbs, fire, thumbtacks, mousetraps and glass are weapons of choice. Beyond Jackass... Beyond Fight Club... Welcome to The Backyard.
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    Tawdriness aside, The Backyard is remarkable for the intensity of the interviewees, who show a new kind of all-American gumption in the way they filter the mannerisms of low-rung celebrities through their own geeked-out, violent imaginations.

    Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
    03/14/07
    Noel Murray
    Noel Murray
    AV Club

    Those who've wondered whether TV's WWF show wrestling might have a detrimental effect on impressionable youth will gloat over The Backyard.

    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    03/14/07
    Dennis Harvey
    Dennis Harvey
    Variety
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    Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
    01/10/04
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    Full Review Source: Boston Herald | comment Comment
    01/10/04
    Paul Sherman
    Paul Sherman
    Boston Herald

    Warped entertainment? Yes. Sophisticated? No. And that goes for the movie as well as for the participants.

    Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
    01/09/04
    Janice Page
    Janice Page
    Boston Globe
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    Yes, it's hard to watch, but, like a train wreck, it's also hard not to.

    Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
    10/31/03
    Michael O'Sullivan
    Michael O'Sullivan
    Washington Post
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    It's unflinchingly honest (and unlike hysterical media reports on the phenomenon, balanced)

    Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
    10/09/03
    Luke Y. Thompson
    Luke Y. Thompson
    New Times

    What is going on here? Most would say a lot of incredibly dangerous and stupid activity, and most of the people in this documentary not surprisingly seem none too bright.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    09/04/03
    Kevin Thomas
    Kevin Thomas
    Los Angeles Times
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    Though engaging from beginning to end, be warned that this is also harrowing, utterly depressing stuff.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    09/04/03
    Chuck Wilson
    Chuck Wilson
    L.A. Weekly

    If you were depressed about the future of America before, you'll be doubly depressed after seeing this film.

    Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
    08/29/03
    V.A. Musetto
    V.A. Musetto
    New York Post
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    Get reeeeeady to wince.

    Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
    08/29/03
    E! Online

    Chances are you'll probably watch most of this documentary with both hands over your eyes, but if your curious about just what kind of insanity the kids in the heartland are getting up to these days, you won't want to miss it.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    08/28/03
    Ken Fox
    Ken Fox
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    It's an astounding anthropological study of that strange tribe known as the American teenager.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    08/28/03
    Dave Kehr
    Dave Kehr
    New York Times
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    Eventually you realize the whole movie has been about young showoffs who think it's uproarious to gross out neighborhood grownups.

    Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
    08/28/03
    David Sterritt
    David Sterritt
    Christian Science Monitor

    The pint-sized version of World Wrestling Entertainment on display here is sport as child pornography, one in which the participating minors and their sanctioning parents are complicit.

    Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
    08/28/03
    Jan Stuart
    Jan Stuart
    Newsday
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    Hough's doc never rises above the level of first-year student project, hobbled by scattershot editing, badly written intertitles, and useless directorial voice-over.

    Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
    08/26/03
    Ed Halter
    Ed Halter
    Village Voice
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    Fascinating -- everything Beyond the Mat wasn't.

    Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
    08/25/03
    Jon Popick
    Jon Popick
    Planet Sick-Boy

    An x-treme documentary, as riveting as a road accident and a lot more bloody.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    04/29/03
    Charles Martin
    Charles Martin
    Film Threat

    The Backyard is a very hard doc to watch, but it's as gruesomely riveting as a train wreck.

    Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
    04/29/03
    Charles Martin
    Charles Martin
    Boxoffice Magazine

    Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! I think my brain is bleeding from watching The Backyard.

    Full Review Source: Offoffoff | comment Comment
    04/29/03
    Joshua Tanzer
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