A Brony Tale

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A Brony Tale

2014

1h 19m

Documentary

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Filmmaker Brent Hodge gives an inside view of the "My Little Pony" fan world.

Carolyn Cox

The Mary Sue

08/02/2017

A Brony Tale educated me, but I can't help but feel the history I learned was a little selective.

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John Fink

The Film Stage

06/06/2016

C+

A Brony Tale, as an ethnographic study of this culture, is a bit disjointed

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Renee Schonfeld

Common Sense Media

08/19/2014

3/5

Cheery docu dispels stereotypes of male My Little Pony fans.

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Chris Klimek

The Dissolve

07/17/2014

3.5/5

This is an accessible, briskly paced documentary about a phenomenon that warrants exactly the level of investigation Hodges has given it here.

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Cliff Wheatley

IGN Movies

07/14/2014

9.1/10

While it could have benefited from more insight from the people involved with show and follow-up commentary from Bryan, the movie poses interesting questions about gender roles in modern society.

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Jamie S. Rich

Oregonian

07/14/2014

3/5

At the same time, it's fascinating to watch Hodge peel back the curtain and show this community in all its perplexing glory.

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01/02/2021

10/10. Giddyup for the ride of your life. Fuck you Mr. Parvi.

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01/02/2021

Keeping my hair short for this one.

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11/14/2019

Very well made doc. Woo!

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Chris J

04/11/2019

An interesting documentary on male My Little Pony fans. At first take you may be a little weirded out but it's an interesting film for sure. It had some truly moving moments.

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01/04/2018

Weird af but I'm game. My wife took the kids, but whatevs.

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07/28/2016

Weirdly, I Totally Got This. Never Had An Interest In The Cartoon, But I Think The Idea Of Having 'Positive Escapism' In A World, Reacting To So Much Painful News..It Is Something I Get & I Also Indulge In Escapism Of The Musical (Trance-Dance) Side, But Not This.

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Brent Hodge

Director

Brent Hodge

Screenwriter

Ashleigh Ball

Producer

Lauren Bercovitch

Producer

Brent Hodge

Producer

Morgan Spurlock

Executive Producer

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Brent Hodge gives an inside view of the "My Little Pony" fan world.

Director: Brent Hodge
Producer: Ashleigh Ball, Lauren Bercovitch, Brent Hodge
Screenwriter: Brent Hodge
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 26, 2016
Runtime: 1h 19m

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