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Bra Boys

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The Abberton brothers in Maroubra, Australia, belong to their community's surfing subculture, a group with a well-known reputation for partying, hard living and rough justice.
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Critics Consensus

While it looks like shameless publicity for the semi-notorious Aussie surfing gang, the film packs a raw energy into this look at a culture of athleticism and male loyalty.

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Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle Oct 18, 2008
2.5/5
A piece of PR propaganda. Go to Full Review Sid Smith Chicago Tribune Oct 18, 2008
2.5/4
A messy, cheeky, inelegant but unusual and interesting memoir. Go to Full Review Gene Seymour Newsday Oct 18, 2008
You know going in that this is going to be a fairly one-sided portrait. But it's also fairly thorough with its archival footage, historical and sociological perspective. Go to Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Film-Forward.com Dec 7, 2008
7/10
In-depth intimate portrait of how a tough Aussie environment within a larrikin culture of rebels with or without a cause has produced spectacular professional surfers. Go to Full Review Stephen Schaefer Boston Herald Oct 18, 2008
C+
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John N @JMNJMM Feb 10, 2026 People have lived in Australia for over 50,000 years, so why does Russell Crowe's narration say that James Cook arrived to an 'unexplored' continent? See more Feb 1, 2014 It's a great documentary it was very honest in its portrayal of the surfing gang See more Jan 28, 2013 The only real deal to watch here is the narration done by Russel Crowe. The whole film was emotionally manipulative and only served as a propaganda for the acceptance of gang culture. It's actually quite disturbing to see these people became street hooligans. I can't believe this film even got distributed, I mean what are we trying to teach kids these days. I know their stories are tragic but this is not the excuse for them to pretend they are cool. See more Apr 15, 2012 There's no panache or cleverness to the style and presentation and it's a very partisan view given. The bra boy culture is interesting though and there's some ace surf footage. See more Feb 6, 2012 pretty damn interesting. i knew nothing about these guys but what a great story they told See more Jan 13, 2012 This was great. Good surfing & good story lines See more Read all reviews
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Sunny Abberton

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Macario de Souza

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Russell Crowe

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Sunny Abberton

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Stuart Beattie

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Sunny Abberton

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Synopsis The Abberton brothers in Maroubra, Australia, belong to their community's surfing subculture, a group with a well-known reputation for partying, hard living and rough justice.
Director
Sunny Abberton, Macario de Souza
Producer
Sunny Abberton
Screenwriter
Sunny Abberton, Stuart Beattie
Distributor
Slowhand Cinema Releasing
Rating
R (Some Violent Content|Reckless Behavior|Language)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 11, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 23, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$45.6K
Runtime
1h 30m
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