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- 2003
- Unrated
- HIQI Media
- 1 h 20 m
- 2003
- Unrated
- HIQI Media
- 1 h 20 m
Summary A documentary about the secret world of "backyard wrestling" where amateurs attempt stunts and matches utilizing the most extreme weapons imaginable, all played out in a ring often made of barbed wire fencing.
Directed By: Paul Hough
Written By: Paul Hough
- 2003
- Unrated
- HIQI Media
- 1 h 20 m
- 2003
- Unrated
- HIQI Media
- 1 h 20 m
The Backyard
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Summary A documentary about the secret world of "backyard wrestling" where amateurs attempt stunts and matches utilizing the most extreme weapons imaginable, all played out in a ring often made of barbed wire fencing.
Directed By: Paul Hough
Written By: Paul Hough
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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58% Positive
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25% Mixed
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17% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
61
58% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
17% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
In short, this is an x-treme documentary, as riveting as a road accident and a lot more bloody. That this film might give other young people ideas is something that keeps me (and probably director Hough) awake at night.
Remarkable for the intensity of the interviewees, who show a new kind of all-American gumption in the way they filter the mannerisms of low-rung celebrities through their own geeked-out, violent imaginations.
The Backyard will affect you. If you were depressed about the future of America before, you'll be doubly depressed after seeing this film. Pass the Prozac.
Though engaging from beginning to end, be warned that this is also harrowing, utterly depressing stuff.
What is going on here? Most would say a lot of incredibly dangerous and stupid activity, and most of the people in this documentary not surprisingly seem none too bright.
Eventually you realize the whole movie has been about young showoffs who think it's uproarious to gross out neighborhood grownups.
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Production Company
Paul Hough Entertainment
Release Date Aug 29, 2003
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards
Brooklyn International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Los Angeles Silver Lake Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sonoma Valley Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
