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Working Class

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Underground artists Mike Giant and Mike Maxwell discuss their decade-long friendship.

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Stephen Romei The Australian Because this is a movie about a rock star, not a book, we need a performance. Well, every song Barnes does for this film is worth the price of entry. Rated: 4/5 Sep 14, 2018 Full Review Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald Never mind all the hits, never mind the brilliance as a singer of soul, blues and ballads, apart from rock; the man has enormous reserves of strength. That's so attractive on screen: he has survived. Rated: 4/5 Sep 14, 2018 Full Review Luke Buckmaster Guardian Working Class Boy seems like easy work for Joffe, who could hardly do more to allow his chatty and candid subject to speak for himself. Rated: 3/5 Aug 22, 2018 Full Review James Croot Stuff.co.nz Instead, this feels like a feature-length edition of Who Do You Think You Are? as Barnes revisits his childhood homes and recounts episodes in his life when he witnessed domestic violence, extreme poverty and severe alcoholism. Rated: 3/5 Nov 29, 2018 Full Review Blake Howard Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) There's a matter-of-fact way that Barnes recounts stories of violence, alcoholism, abandonment and attempted sexual abuse that defined his youth that leave you reeling. Rated: 3/5 Sep 14, 2018 Full Review Travis Johnson FILMINK (Australia) ...rips the top off the myth of the hard-boozing Aussie rocker to show the pain and trauma underneath. Aug 28, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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les n Awesome. I knew nothing of Barnsey's history. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Loved every minute of it Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Underground artists Mike Giant and Mike Maxwell discuss their decade-long friendship.
Director
Jeffrey Durkin
Producer
Jeffrey Durkin, Allen Passalaqua
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 12m