Bra Boys

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Bra Boys

R

2008

1h 30m

Documentary

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The Abberton brothers in Maroubra, Australia, belong to their community's surfing subculture, a group with a well-known reputation for partying, hard living and rough justice.

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Critics Consensus

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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Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Chronicle

10/18/2008

2.5/5

A piece of PR propaganda.

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Sid Smith

Chicago Tribune

10/18/2008

2.5/4

A messy, cheeky, inelegant but unusual and interesting memoir.

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Gene Seymour

Newsday

10/18/2008

You 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.

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Nora Lee Mandel

Film-Forward.com

12/07/2008

7/10

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.

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Stephen Schaefer

Boston Herald

10/18/2008

C+

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John N

@JMNJMM Feb 10

People have lived in Australia for over 50,000 years, so why does Russell Crowe's narration say that James Cook arrived to an 'unexplored' continent?

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02/01/2014

It's a great documentary it was very honest in its portrayal of the surfing gang

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01/28/2013

The only real deal to watch here is the narration done by Russel Crowe. The whole film was emotionally manipulative and only served as a propaganda for the acceptance of gang culture. It's actually quite disturbing to see these people became street hooligans. I can't believe this film even got distributed, I mean what are we trying to teach kids these days. I know their stories are tragic but this is not the excuse for them to pretend they are cool.

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04/15/2012

There's no panache or cleverness to the style and presentation and it's a very partisan view given. The bra boy culture is interesting though and there's some ace surf footage.

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02/06/2012

pretty damn interesting. i knew nothing about these guys but what a great story they told

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01/13/2012

This was great. Good surfing & good story lines

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Synopsis

The Abberton brothers in Maroubra, Australia, belong to their community's surfing subculture, a group with a well-known reputation for partying, hard living and rough justice.

Director: Sunny Abberton, Macario de Souza
Producer: Sunny Abberton
Screenwriter: Sunny Abberton, Stuart Beattie
Distributor: Slowhand Cinema Releasing
Rating: R (Some Violent Content|Reckless Behavior|Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Australian English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 11, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 23, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.6K
Runtime: 1h 30m

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