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Love The Beast (2009)

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Reviews Counted:21

Fresh:13

Rotten:8

Average Rating:5.3/10

Genre: Education/General Interest

Starring: Eric Bana, Jay Leno

Starring: Eric Bana, Jay Leno

Director: Eric Bana

Director: Eric Bana

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Unless you share Bana’s worship of screeching tyres and throbbing engines then this is probably something you only really need to see on the small screen.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
11/13/09
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

An indulgent but moving account of a decades-long love affair with his first car.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
11/13/09
Empire Magazine

Bana exudes downhome blokeyness throughout, but an hour of this will be enough for most, after which egomania fatigue sets in. Add another star if you’re a petrolhead, two if you really like Eric Bana and cars, three if you’re his mum.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
11/13/09
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston
Time Out

An innocuous if not entirely successful attempt to convince “non-car people” about the joys of loving a 1974 Ford Falcon XB coupe.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
11/13/09
Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher
Times [UK]

Bana may not be a star exactly swaddled in ­charisma, but what ­mystique he did have is ­disassembled as comprehensively as that coupe's ­innards.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
11/13/09
Catherine Shoard
Catherine Shoard
Guardian [UK]

Slight but unexpectedly sweet.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
11/13/09
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
Total Film

Although it helps to be a car nut to watch this, Bana's unpretentious passion is infectious.

Full Review Source: Radio Times | comment Comment
11/13/09
John Ferguson
John Ferguson
Radio Times

You would have to love Eric Bana and his souped-up old racer to appreciate this car-themed documentary.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
11/13/09
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

This self-directed vanity project shows the actor as a decent bloke who keeps in touch with his old mates from home, but that goodwill is squandered by earnest interviews with fellow petrolheads.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
11/13/09
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

Petrolheads can probably go ahead and add an extra star but otherwise Love the Beast is a likeable and occasionally moving documentary, even if it's not quite the success it could have been.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
11/13/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

'non-car people' will find themselves forced into the position of disengaged anthropologist, observing all the vehicular bump and grind without gaining any real insight or emotional connection from the experience.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
11/13/09
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film

Through narration, interviews, and cinematographic fawning over their chassis, classic American cars are celebrated for their imperfect character, which makes them seem vibrantly alive.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
05/03/09
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

Bana's easygoing manner and a lingering sense of nostalgia build a mellow mood overall, while shrewd editing by Conor O'Neill and a rocking Aussie soundtrack pump up the volume on the race sequences.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
04/03/09
Megan Lehmann
Megan Lehmann
Hollywood Reporter
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Although it's the shiny red 1974 Ford Falcon coupe that occupies the screen time, it's Eric Bana who engages in this very personal look at the boy from suburban Melbourne, Australia who might have been a racing car driver.

Full Review Source: Screenwize | comment Comment
03/20/09
Simon Weaving
Simon Weaving
Screenwize

Bana packs plenty of visual grunt for revhead auds, but his misty-eyed narration and awkwardly staged probing of man-car love with an Oz TV psychologist veer close to vanity-project potholes.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/19/09
Richard Kuipers
Richard Kuipers
Variety
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Digs enthusiastically into the rarely seriously discussed issue of the bond that can exist between man and machine.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
03/13/09
Erin Free
Erin Free
FILMINK (Australia)

Slight but engaging.

Full Review Source: MovieTime, ABC Radio National | comment Comment
03/13/09
Julie Rigg
Julie Rigg
MovieTime, ABC Radio National

It is diverting for a few minutes, but the enterprise really needs something more interesting than one man's relationship with his car.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph (Australia) | comment Comment
03/13/09
Des Partridge
Des Partridge
Daily Telegraph (Australia)

Love The Beast has the mellow glow of affectionate nostalgia for the kind of solid construction and steadfast mateship increasingly hard to come by in these prefab times.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
03/13/09
Eddie Cockrell
Eddie Cockrell
Sydney Morning Herald

More than anything, Love the Beast testifies to Bana's need to be liked. As an onscreen presence he exerts visible control over every scene, while as a director he largely avoids tackling painful material head on.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment Comment
03/13/09
Jake Wilson
Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)
 
 
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