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Mau Mau Sex Sex

EMAILPRINT7th Planet Productions

Mau Mau Sex Sex reviews
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5.8 User Score:

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Based on 9 critic reviews
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Based on 19 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by: Eddie Muller
Ted Bonnitt

Directed by: Ted Bonnitt

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 6, 2001
DVD: February 10, 2004

Running Time: 78 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring David F. Friedman, Dan Sonney, Frank Henenlotter, Mike Vraney, Carol Friedman, and Margaret Sonney

A documentary portrait of two pioneers in the exotic world of exploitation movies.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

90

New Times (L.A.) Luke Y. Thompson

No B-movie fan, save perhaps the extremely obsessive for whom this is old hat, should miss it.

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70

Film Threat Phil Hall

A diverting and delightful visit with two unheralded indie cinema veterans with a surplus amount of anecdotes and zany film clips.

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60

The New York Times A.O. Scott

The fun is contagious.

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50

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Would have benefited from more flamboyant film clips and fewer folksy conversations with the garrulous old-timers it focuses on.

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50

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

This spirited documentary shows us the hazards of filming volleyball at nudist camps and the marketing possibilities of women mating with gorillas.

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50

LA Weekly David Chute

There is too much rambling contemporary footage here and not enough juicy historical material.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

A film for fans of this alternate universe of movies that flourished as soon as the 1934 Production Code effectively excised most prurient, violent and otherwise titillating material from Hollywood films and withered in the '70s as mainstream movies finally caught up with the indies.

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50

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Entertaining, if maddeningly superficial.

38

Boston Globe Jim Sullivan

If you are a devotee of sleaze, you'll salivate at the prospect of Mau Mau Sex Sex, a fond and fawning look back at exploitation, or grindhouse, movies from the 1930s through the 1960s.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 5.8 (out of 10) based on 19 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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