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Stoned Bros.

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Eddie leaves to reconnect with his blackfella roots with a sacred stone. Eddie's spiritual journey goes awry when his wild friend Charlie goes along for the ride.

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Jim Schembri The Age (Australia) 09/24/2009
1/5
Frankland's attempt at a broad stoner comedy misses the mark in so many ways the film almost qualifies as a tragedy. Go to Full Review
Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald 09/24/2009
While the ebullient burst of rough-and-ready slapstick which delivers the message is far from a comic masterstroke, it does produce a rousing finish to this shambolic but irrepressibly good-natured film. Go to Full Review
Alice Tynan Concrete Playground 04/14/2010
While some of the comedy is a bit brash and silly, Stone Bros. definitely succeeds in using humour to communicate some home truths. Go to Full Review
Anders Wotzke Moviedex 09/24/2009
3.5/5
Won't burst through the comedic stratosphere, but Stone Bros. is still a trip worth taking. Go to Full Review
Ruth Hessey MovieTime, ABC Radio National 09/24/2009
Stone Brothers indulges in a spectacular willingness to take the piss that's both a strength and a weakness. Go to Full Review
Des Partridge Courier Mail (Australia) 09/24/2009
3/5
In a significant year for indigenous films, Stone Bros. plays the Joker's role: a bromance disguising the film's intent to prick consciences in the hardest writing form (comedy) to master. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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John F 05/10/2023 STONE BROS' is a unique Australian film that combines the best of Aboriginal humour with a classical Aussie road trip. Great acting, direction and locations combine with a killer soundtrack. A rough jewel from the Australian outback. See more 01/03/2011 Very lame, even by low stoner / road-trip movie standards. See more 06/08/2010 This film can be looked at in two ways... A serious dramady trying to push home some harsh truths around race in Aus.... or a stoner comedy/road trip... Either way it fails at both. It needs to be re-shot as one or the other. as it stand it seems like a cheap cheech and chong rip off. See more 04/05/2010 Watch "Road Trip" or "Sex Drive" if you like a really good, funny "road" movie. This flick is just silly, stupid, frankly unfunny, and really utter nonsense. See more 04/05/2010 For a marijuana movie, it is low key and short on the pot humor (which is fine). Come to find out, STONE doesn't have so much to do with MJ (good). They're on a modern walkabout and we find out about the Australian culture (voodoo, transgenders, loose women, police, and attitudes toward blacks... even BY blacks). A bit slow in parts. But there is a story here. Changed my understanding of the outback. See more 03/01/2010 This is a mish mash and seem to tries to be 'Priscilla' in some ways but doesn't hit the right chord. I felt the racial and spiritual aspects of the film were overplayed with little depth and lacked poignancy. It didn't play the sociopathic card well enough in an ironic way (aka Beavis and Butthead) so feel all of the things it could be it wasn't. I guess ultimately I was cheering for a film from an Aboriginal perspective that would make me laugh, take me on a journey and leave me thinking.... maybe next time See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Eddie leaves to reconnect with his blackfella roots with a sacred stone. Eddie's spiritual journey goes awry when his wild friend Charlie goes along for the ride.
Director
Richard Frankland
Producer
Yvonne Collins, John Foss, Ross Hutchens
Screenwriter
Richard Frankland
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 30m