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Nerdcore Rising

2008 1h 25m Documentary List
Reviews 58% Audience Score 250+ Ratings
Damian Hess, an ex-Web designer in his 30s, becomes a leading voice in "nerdcore," a new form of hip-hop. Read More Read Less

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Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com Hilarious and delightful. Feb 9, 2009 Full Review Jette Kernion Cinematical None of this is especially new, but the band members are funny enough to keep you interested, especially if you like group Wookie imitations. Rated: 3/5 Apr 17, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member At the start I wasn't really sure where this one was going. Seemed more of a tour video then anything else, with a couple tossed in parts of people taking about nerdcore rap. But over all I enjoyed it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member As a self-described dork, I found this movie to be highly amusing and a bit inspiring. MC Frontalot and his band are engaging in speech and fun to watch as they take on their first tour of the U.S. I noticed they made it through Portland on their second tour. A fangirl such as me can only hope for another appearance in the City of Roses. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member My friend and I watched this in hopes that it would be a documentary about the genre of Nerdcore and how it is a growing little genre and the culture around it. Maybe it would be funny too! Nope! It's about just one nerdcore rapping trying to turn it into a viable career. FAT CHANCE BUDDY! Your audience is custom built to know about TORRENTS! But mostly the problem is that the documentary is unprofessionally shot, poorly edited (it will breeze over problems like losing gear and play down any drama that might make it interesting) and I just found MC Frontalot and his band-mates to be uninteresting on and off the stage. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member MC Frontalot is such an inspiration. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member As a person into a lot of stuff still on the fringes of societal acceptance, I have to almost admit to being slightly embarrassed at how many of the various pop culture references I 'got' in various nerdcore raps. At a certain point you have to just think "wow, what a fucking dork I am", but it's definitely very amusing to hear people rapping about atypical subject matter. The documentary follows a small tour taken by some of the larger acts in the sub-genre, painting an interesting picture of an unlikely group of rappers who've found an audience for their material scattered across America. Fun stuff, give it a rental. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Very interesting look at a genre I never knew existed and it will take me some time to decide whether or not I like it. Good movie despite the weirdness... Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Damian Hess, an ex-Web designer in his 30s, becomes a leading voice in "nerdcore," a new form of hip-hop.
Director
Negin Farsad, Kim Gatewood
Producer
Kim Gatewood, Andrew Mendelson
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 15, 2009
Runtime
1h 25m