Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine

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Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine

2017

1h 19m

Documentary

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The history of the boundary-pushing, taboo-breaking, crassly-humorous Big Brother magazine, that spawned MTV's "Jackass" and a generation of skaters.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald

Andscape

09/26/2017

In every generation, there's a group of maniacs who insist upon rule-breaking, not in the name of some sort of principled stand for freedom but simply because they're a bunch of roustabout, devil-may-care libertines.

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Neal Justin

Minneapolis Star Tribune

06/05/2017

The documentary Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine may not be highbrow humor, but you'll end up feeling just a bit smarter about the sensibilities of teenage boys.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

06/02/2017

2.5/4

For a documentary about form-breaking artists, the film is surprisingly straightforward.

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Kayla Cobb

Decider

12/20/2017

Dumb is truly a best (and worst) hits list for a magazine that took pride in pushing the envelope, but it's also a surprisingly watchable tale of talented, dumb people doing impressively dumb things.

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David Wharton

The Daily Dot

09/07/2017

Even if you don't know Tony Hawk from Tony Robbins, Dumb is fast, slick, and a lot of fun from start to finish.

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The history of the boundary-pushing, taboo-breaking, crassly-humorous Big Brother magazine, that spawned MTV's "Jackass" and a generation of skaters.

Director: Patrick O'Dell
Producer: Jeff Tremaine, Sean Cliver
Production Co: Gorilla Flicks
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 3, 2017
Runtime: 1h 19m

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