Bra Boys (2007)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 12
While it looks like shameless publicity for the semi-notorious Aussie surfing gang, the film packs a raw energy into this look at a culture of athleticism and male loyalty.
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 14
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 5
While it looks like shameless publicity for the semi-notorious Aussie surfing gang, the film packs a raw energy into this look at a culture of athleticism and male loyalty.
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International film star Russell Crowe narrates writer/director Sunny Abberton's documentary examination of the infamous Sydney surfer gang that made headlines in the mid-'90s for a string of violent turf wars, drunken rumbles, and confrontations with the local authorities. A poor suburb of Sydney, Maroubra would become a key component in Sydney beach culture in the few years before the millennial changeover. Though the gang was praised by some locals for their efforts in rescuing kids whose
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A messy, cheeky, inelegant but unusual and interesting memoir.
Top CriticYou know going in that this is going to be a fairly one-sided portrait. But it's also fairly thorough with its archival footage, historical and sociological perspective.
Lengthy coverage of a murder trial involving Jai and Koby supplies the odd moment of meaningful reflection, but the overall impression is that of an unconvincing PR exercise.
What begins as a probing look at this culture feels in the end like pro-surf gang propaganda.
An odd and suspect mix of documentary and public relations.
An often fascinating but awkward mix.
In-depth intimate portrait of how a tough Aussie environment within a larrikin culture of rebels with or without a cause has produced spectacular professional surfers.
A piece of PR propaganda.
It aspires to but falls short of Dogtown's inspired, edgy mix of sports history, pop culture, social commentary, and revealing interviews.
...there's an undeniable energy to this subjective, self-serving film which at times says more than it means to about this male-dominated culture.
It may be brash and a slightly biased but it nonetheless offers a fascinating insight into this surfing society.
A story of loyalty that men can relate to while their significant others see Sex and the City.
Thanks to the documentarian also making his family the film's subject, Bra Boys feels more than a little like a violence-glorifying infomercial.
Maddeningly shallow.
Sorely in need of an outsider's impartial slant.
Despite the undeniable sorrow you see expressed by all, your foot may start to tap and you may find yourself wishing you were on some beach yourself.
What it lacks in objectivity, it makes up for in vivid intimacy.
Bra Boys is a carefully manicured PR video for the infamous Bra Boys surfer community.
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