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2012
R
Drafthouse Films
1 h 22 m

2012
R
Drafthouse Films
1 h 22 m

Summary In a dystopian future, a relentless turf war rages. Two rival gangs feud for control of rural wasteland Frazier Park ('The FP') in the deadly arena of competitive dance-fight video game "Beat-Beat Revelation." After hometown hero BTRO is slain on the dance platform by thug leader L Dubba E, his protégé younger brother JTRO goes into isol...

Directed By: Brandon Trost, Jason Trost

Written By: Jason Trost, Brandon Trost

2012
R
Drafthouse Films
1 h 22 m

2012
R
Drafthouse Films
1 h 22 m

The FP

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews

48

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings

6.5

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Summary In a dystopian future, a relentless turf war rages. Two rival gangs feud for control of rural wasteland Frazier Park ('The FP') in the deadly arena of competitive dance-fight video game "Beat-Beat Revelation." After hometown hero BTRO is slain on the dance platform by thug leader L Dubba E, his protégé younger brother JTRO goes into isol...

Directed By: Brandon Trost, Jason Trost

Written By: Jason Trost, Brandon Trost

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews

27% Positive
3 Reviews

45% Mixed
5 Reviews

27% Negative
3 Reviews

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Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews

27% Positive
3 Reviews

45% Mixed
5 Reviews

27% Negative
3 Reviews

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle

Mar 15, 2012

Think of The FP as the occasion for a party. You need to find a room full of people who get the joke and see this movie there, because audiences will be laughing so hard they'll be screaming.

By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

Mar 14, 2012

Quite likely the most original dance film you'll see this year, The FP is awash in silliness that probably took ages to script, but the film's goofy heart and soul (yes, it has one) is what sticks with you in the end and makes this crazed film into a potential cult-movie masterpiece.

By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW

Mar 14, 2012

The FP feels like a junky, disposable lark, created for a midnight audience to swallow, belch, and forget about the next morning.

By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Mar 15, 2012

The film has an effective synthesizer score by George Holdcroft. It also offers some funny bits (a hokey prechampionship workout montage, a ridiculous gunfight), but not enough. And for such a film, its bargain-basement production values and lack of wit unexpectedly prove a greater liability than an asset.

Mar 13, 2012

Infinitely better as a beer-goggled pitch than as a feature film, The FP never gets beyond the studied novelty of its own pose.

Mar 11, 2012

The FP has a one-note joke of a conceit, and when that runs out, it has few actual jokes to fill the humorless void.

By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Mar 16, 2012

The FP so desperately wants to be cultishly admired for its bad-taste rollout of wacko characters, ugly costumes and vulgar slang that it forgets to be genuinely offbeat or funny.

By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings

50% Positive
2 Ratings

50% Mixed
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0% Negative
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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings

50% Positive
2 Ratings

50% Mixed
2 Ratings

0% Negative
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Details

Production Company 248 Productions, Secret Identity Productions, Trost Productions

Release Date Mar 16, 2012

Duration 1 h 22 m

Rating R

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Awards

SXSW Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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