Fubar
Fubar
| 24 May 2002 (USA)
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Terry and Dean are lifelong friends who have grown-up together: shotgunning their first beers, forming their first garage band, and growing the great Canadian mullet known as "hockey hair". Now the lives of these Alberta everymen are brought to the big screen by documentarian Ferral Mitchener in an exploration of the depths of friendship, the fragility of life, growing up gracefully and the art and science of drinking beer like a man.

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Alicia

I love this movie so much

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GamerTab

That was an excellent one.

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Zlatica

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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Staci Frederick

Blistering performances.

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paulkayefan

Honestly the first 30 minutes of this film is fairly painful as we watch the main characters played by Dave Lawrence and Paul Spence go through their childhood, as twenty-somethings with meaningless jobs and non existent friends and six pack after six pack. Farrel, the documentary filmmaker, decides to follow these Canadian fellows and make a film on their "so-called" life. As one character discovers a health issue that turns his life upside down, the two characters (and the filmmaker) start a journey into the woods and mother nature to excise their fear. It's only at this point that the film really gets going and the director is finally able to take the saran wrap off the characters and let them emote something more than pure silliness. The production value is low but the story while simple is executed well. Look forward for the Director's next film about a deaf deejay: All Gone Pete Tong.

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mrchaos33

You probably went to school with some of them. Or maybe when you see them on the street you cross to the other side. They are headbangers, also known affectionately as ‘bangers. You know the type, long greasy hair with heavy metal t-shirts, who can usually be seen shot-gunning beer and yelling `just giver!' at the top of their lungs. Fubar is a fabulous new uber-low budget mockumentary about two ‘bangers, Dean and Terry, who live in Calgary. Let's face it, these guys are easy targets for ridicule, but director Michael Dowse doesn't go for the easy jokes. Instead he lets us get involved with the characters and get to like them before (WARNING: spoiler ahead) dropping the bomb that Dean has testicular cancer. It is just one of the several unexpected turns that Fubar takes. This film was a favourite at last year's Sundance festival, and it's not hard to see why, it's laugh out loud funny and there is real human spirit here.

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billchiu

it's a liberating film work. however, the cuts, the deliberate 'background music track', the interlocking of drama - its too tedious and predictable to feel real - if once in a while you end up saying to yourself 'no.. that whole scene feels really fake' or 'ahh, is it message time again?', it gets in the way of the enjoyment of the film. Suggestions for next film - don't over edit it, leave the footages alone as much as you can, trust it to do its own thing on the audiences - it'll work better.

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ElvisAPreistly

the funniest mockumentaries I've ever seen! I laughed till my gut hurt! you know who these guys are, they're in every town in north america... you're either related to em or you are one of em. If you are the kind of person who liked such movies as Jackass you'll like this movie! cause it's 10 times better!Flink Poyd rules!!

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