The BBQ

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The BBQ

2018

1h 31m

Comedy

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Dazza's passion in life is barbecuing, but unfortunately he accidentally gives his neighbours food poisoning. To make amends, he receives tutelage from a Scottish chef and they enter an international barbecue competition.

Stephen Romei

The Australian

There is more character development in this movie than in some I could name that have received multiple Oscar nominations. It made me laugh a lot, too.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 2, 2018

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

The BBQ starts with a terrible script and goes downhill from there.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 23, 2018

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Luke Buckmaster

Guardian

Jacobson may be the best thing about the director and co-writer Stephen Amis' The BBQ, though that is not the same as saying he comes even remotely close to saving it.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 21, 2018

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Matthew Pejkovic

Matt's Movie Reviews

A personality void dud of a comedy, undercooked in its writing and bland in its delivery.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 20, 2018

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Matt Neal

ABC Radio (Australia)

The film is abysmal and it all comes down to an absolutely woeful script.

Rated: 1.5/5

Feb 26, 2018

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Jim Schembri

3AW

Now, where to begin with how bad this film is? In the interests of brevity, most of the film's woes stem from one main problem: it has no frigging idea what it is trying to do.

Rated: 0.5/5

Feb 23, 2018

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Abigail M

The Cheesiness of this movie is enough to make me cringe.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/07/23

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Audience Member

The Character Performance Courtesy Of Magda Szubanski Is Fantastic. The Rest Is Complete Cheese-&-Chaff. Boring Characters With Nothing Meaningful To Find. All A Bit Whatever..

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Lightweight but well acted romp with a good aussie script.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Was looking forward to this, but have to say it was pretty disappointing. I've always been a Shane Jacobson fan and he did a great job in his role in Oddball, but I feel this one let him down. It took til the end of the movie for the big 'announcement', but it was such a let down.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

The BBQ is a prime homage to the rich, if not slightly troubled, history of Australian film culture. From the brilliant, comedic mind of director Stephen Amis (The 25th Reich, Virus), comes a film that incorporates star actors, including Sound of Music alumni, and some new, home-grown talents who are able to pull-off the subtle comedy we've come to expect from Australian films. A true credit to the hard working Australian nature, and a laugh for the entire family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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An indie Australian movie company made a beautiful movie describing Australia's culture and a true family story. According to Rotten Tomatoes point of view for the movie, it says: That Darren 'Dazza' Cook who does the backyard barbeques every Saturday believes to be part of the person in 1768 (James Cook) that sailed to Australia.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Synopsis

Dazza's passion in life is barbecuing, but unfortunately he accidentally gives his neighbours food poisoning. To make amends, he receives tutelage from a Scottish chef and they enter an international barbecue competition.

Director: Stephen Amis
Producer: Stephen Amis, Tait Brady, Lynne Wilson
Screenwriter: Stephen Amis, Serge De Nardo, David Richardson, Angelo Salamanca, Tim Ferguson
Production Co: BBQ Three Pty Ltd
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Australian English
Runtime: 1h 31m

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