Bustin' Down the Door
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  • Summary: During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything and put it all on the line to create a sport, a culture, and an industry that is today worth billions of dollars and has captured the imagination of the world. With a radical new approach and a brash colonial attitude, these surfers crashed headlong into a culture that was not ready for revolution. Surfing was never to be the same again. (Screen Media Films)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
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  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    80
    Engaging, elegantly made surf documentary.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    60
    The darker side of the story -- how the advent of pro surfing was taken as an act of cultural colonialism by some of the locals -- adds gravity to this otherwise lightweight, if amiable summer diversion.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    60
    Mainly will appeal to devotees, but even nonfans might want to appreciate its visual splendors on the big screen.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    60
    A mostly enjoyable wave of nostalgia.

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