RottenTomatoes.com
Log In | Register | What is RT?
Check out the new RT Community
  • Home
  • Movies
  • DVD
  • Celebrities
  • News
  • Critics
  • Trailers & Pictures
  • CommunityBeta
  • Box Office
  • | In Theaters
  • | Opening
  • | Upcoming
  • | Best Of
  • | Certified Fresh
  • | Showtimes
RT Search Powered by Google
help icon Enhanced RT
searches on Google
Click here to turn on enhanced search results from RT on your Google searches.
 
Movies / On DVD / Backyard
Backyard

Rate this Movie Help Icon

  • Write a Review
  • Read Reviews
  • Add to List
  • Get this Movie
  • Buy Poster External Icon
  • Visit Official Site External Icon
  • Bookmark and Share

Backyard (2003)

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
74 %
Tomatometer

How does the Tomatometer work Help Icon

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]

Get This Movie

Rent DVD
 
 

Click on the "ADD" button to put this movie into your Netflix queue.

 
 
Buy DVD
 
 
Release:

Nov 18, 2003

[DVD Details]
 
 
  • 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.
  • Source: Image Entertainment, Inc.
  •  
     
     
     

    Reviews for Backyard

    • T-Meter Critics
    • Top Critics
    • RT Community
    • My Critics
    • My Friends
    • DVD
     
     
    1 - 19 (sorted by date)
    Text View
    Arrange By: Fresh | Rotten | Comments | Name | Source | Date
     
     

    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
    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
    Variety
    Top Critic Icon Top Critic

    Click to read the article

    Full Review Source: Boston Herald | comment Comment
    01/10/04
    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
    Boston Globe
    Top Critic Icon Top Critic

    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
    Washington Post
    Top Critic Icon Top Critic

    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
    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
    Los Angeles Times
    Top Critic Icon Top Critic

    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
    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
    New York Post
    Top Critic Icon Top Critic

    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
    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
    New York Times
    Top Critic Icon Top Critic

    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
    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
    Newsday
    Top Critic Icon Top Critic

    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
    Village Voice
    Top Critic Icon Top Critic

    Fascinating -- everything Beyond the Mat wasn't.

    Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
    08/25/03
    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
    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
    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
    Offoffoff
     
     
    1 - 19 (sorted by date)
    Text View
    See More Topics...

    Related Forums for Backyard

    Click here to be the first to post a message on this forum.

    See All

    More DVDs

    Close
    Top Rentals
    Tomatometer Percentage Movie
    79%
    79%
    Gran Torino
    30%
    30%
    12 Rounds
    23%
    23%
    Confessions of a Shopa…
    —
    The Code
    39%
    39%
    Inkheart

    More Rentals…

    New On DVD This Week
    Tomatometer Percentage Movie
    22%
    22%
    Push
    12%
    12%
    The Unborn

    More New Releases…

    RT On Current TV

    What’s Hot On RT

    Deconstructing Harry

    Deconstructing Harry

    Pt. 3: Cuaron's darker Prisoner of Azkaban

    Best Mockumentaries

    Best Mockumentaries

    From Borat to Spinal Tap, this one goes to 11

    Humpday Clip

    Humpday Clip

    An exclusive peek at the indie comedy!

    Half-Blood Prince

    Half-Blood Prince

    How good is the 6th Harry Potter?

    Other News

    Close
    • Top Stories
    • Popular
    • Interviews
     
     

    Comments

     
     
    Top Stories
    Headlines Comments
      
    • Weekly Ketchup: T.J. Hooker Film in Development
    38
    • Warners Shortens Green Lantern Wishlist Source: Hollywood Reporter
    140
    • Harold Ramis Talks Ghostbusters 3 Source: MakingOf.com
    46
    • Spider-Man 4 Gets Its Third Writer Source: Latino Review
    60
    • Warners Wins Favorable Ruling in Superman Case Source: Variety
    20
    • Remo Williams Rides Again Source: Risky Biz
    10
    • Mortal Kombat 3 Filming in September? Source: Slashfilm
    82
    • MacGruber Gets a Director Source: Variety
    39
    • PG-13 Turns 25 Source: VideoETA
    8
    • Weekly Ketchup: Universal Takes on Asteroids
    92
    Popular
    Headlines Comments
      
    • Deconstructing Harry, Day 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    95
    • Deconstructing Harry, Day 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    67
    • Box Office Guru Wrapup: Transformers and Ice Age Tie for Top Spot
    59
    • Deconstructing Harry, Day 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    53
    • Total Recall: Mock Docs That Rock
    49
    • Tomatometer Watch: How Good is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?
    48
    • Critics Consensus: Bruno is Certified Fresh
    44
    • Five Favorite Films with Kathryn Bigelow
    39
    • RT on DVD: Knowing, Push, The Unborn Unleashed
    28
    • Five Favourite Films with Jaime Winstone
    20
    Interviews
    Headlines Comments
      
    • RT Interview: Director Carlos Cuaron on Rudo and Cursi
    0
    • RT Interview: Tony Scott on The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
    10
    • Cannes 2009: RT Interview - Sally Hawkins on We Want Sex
    2
    • RT Interview: Tilda Swinton on Julia
    5
    • Hollywood Legend Debbie Reynolds Reflects On her Life in Showbiz
    10
    • Exclusive: McG Talks Terminator Salvation
    24
    • Georgia Groome - Fresh Talent on RT
    5
    • RT Interview: Reading The Reader with Stephen Daldry
    11
    • RT Interview: Oscar Nominee Melissa Leo
    7
    • Carey Mulligan - Fresh Talent on RT
    7
     
     

    Sponsored Links

    Around The Network

    • Backyard at Rotten Tomatoes
    • Backyard at AskMen

    Fresh Links

    Featured
    Point-Counterpoint: Bruno
    Point-Counterpoint: Bruno External Link

    MSN's David Fear and Frank Paiva go head to head discussing the pros and cons of Bruno star Sacha Baron Cohen.

    The New Cult Canon
    The New Cult Canon External Link

    The AV Club's Scott Tobias takes a second look at David Lynch's cult classic, Lost Highway.

    Tom Cruise's 10 Best Roles
    Tom Cruise's 10 Best Roles External Link

    TIME takes us on a 25-year long journey into the superstar's career, giving us a look at his 10 best roles.

    A Baywatch Comedy?
    A Baywatch Comedy? External Link

    BuzzSugar reports on Paramount's plans to rebirth the iconic TV show as a comedy film.

     
     
    About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Games| Celebs List| Newsletter
    IGN Logo

    IGN.com | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | GameSpy Technology
    TeamXbox | Planets | Vaults | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
    AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | Direct2Drive | Green Pixels


    By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
    Copyright 1998-2009, IGN Entertainment, Inc. About IGN | Support | Advertise | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! IGN RSS Feeds
    IGN's enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA
    Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.