All in all, this is a celebration of Australian exuberance, a national ethic of adventurousness and enormous charisma.
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08/07/09
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2009)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:55
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: A raucous, fast-paced celebration of the Ozploitation films that came out of Australia in the 1970s and 1980s.
Theatrical Release:13-03-2009
Synopsis: Free-wheelin’ sex romps! Bloodsoaked terror tales! High-octane action extravaganzas! They’re the main ingredients of Not Quite Hollywood, the first detailed examination and celebration of... [More]
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This isn't exactly a thesis that's going to win any awards, especially up against the latest documentary about the Holocaust or the war in Iraq. But as far as entertainment goes, it's about the most fun I've had all summer.
08/06/09
A fun and energized documentary about a neglected era of exploitation cinema, but it suffers from a couple of pretty critical sins of omission.
08/06/09
Russell Mulcahy and other artists look back fondly on Australian exploitation films for Not Quite Hollywood, sometimes wondering just how they were able to get away with it.
08/06/09
Although Not Quite Hollywood was clearly put together with fanatical love, the suspicion remains, as often with genre cinema, that these trash-rich movies are a lot more fun to hear about, and to watch in snatches, than to sit through.
08/03/09
Using a dizzying array of clips and revealing interviews, the documentary is very affectionate, entertaining, and informative.
08/01/09
It's a party for your eyes and memory banks
07/31/09
A sensationally entertaining, well-researched documentary filled with insight and outrageously funny clips.
07/31/09
There are clips from more than 80 movies crammed into 100 consistently hilarious and jaw-dropping minutes, from soft- and hard-core porn to cheesy , gory horror movies to biker and car chase movies that make The Fast and the Furious look positively tame.
07/31/09
It's a kicky, slightly exhausting look at a bygone era of low-rent moviemaking, whose colorful trove of film clips should delight fans of cinematic esoterica, nostalgic schlock and high octane drive-in fare.
07/31/09
Top CriticThis film is an affectionate, rollicking guide to the drive-in classics of Australian filmmaking from the 1970s and ’80s.
07/31/09
Top CriticA survey of the week wouldn’t be complete without a left-handed salute -- not to be confused with a backhanded compliment -- to the gleeful rubbish of Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
07/31/09
If the thought of a new Brian Trenchard-Smith movie is more exhilarating than a new Bryan Singer movie... then Mark Hartley's "Not Quite Hollywood" is the film for you.
07/30/09
Think of Not Quite Hollywood as a vividly illustrated catalogue of astonishing smut.
07/30/09
Worthy viewing for film buffs, but never quite transcendent enough for casual viewers ... as energetic but limited as an IFC Channel documentary special.
07/30/09
a speedball injection directly into the aorta
07/30/09
If Mad Max (a rare stateside success) is the only Down Under–and-dirty flick you remember, you missed out on a vital drive-in culture, one that Mark Hartley’s Not Quite Hollywood does a suitably supercharged job of chronicling.
07/30/09
Not Quite Hollywood returns us to a time when the price of admission was cheap and the thrills even cheaper.
07/30/09
This detailed examination and celebration of Australian genre cinema of the 1970s and '80s has enough re-tilled salaciousness, wit and good-natured reminiscence to merit a look from cinephiles looking to expand their frame of bawdy reference.
07/29/09
Its shallowness is nonetheless in tune with its subject: the gory, violent, sex-crazed Australian exploitation films of the '70s and '80s.
07/29/09
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