Barbershop Punk (2011)
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60% of critics liked it
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73% of users liked it
(312 ratings)
Is "The Man" controlling the vertical, the horizontal, and the channel you'll be on? In a privatized American Internet, is big business "Big Brother" or does the free market protect and serve the needs of the average citizen with its invisible hand? With the simple act of swapping files, barbershop… More Is "The Man" controlling the vertical, the horizontal, and the channel you'll be on? In a privatized American Internet, is big business "Big Brother" or does the free market protect and serve the needs of the average citizen with its invisible hand? With the simple act of swapping files, barbershop quartet baritone Robb Topolski finds himself at ground zero of a landmark case whose outcome will affect the rights of every American citizen. Following one man's personal quest to defend what he believes to be his inalienable rights, Barbershop Punk examines the critical issues surrounding the future of the American Internet and what it takes to challenge the status quo. -- (C) Official Site
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 23 min.
- Directed By
- Georgia Sugimura, Kristin Armfield
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, Special Interest
- In Theaters
- Nov 11, 2011 Limited
Critic Reviews
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Andy Webster, New York Times
An engaging, provocative documentary using one man's crusade against Comcast (now merged with NBC Universal) to explore issues of Web freedom.
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Benjamin Mercer, Village Voice
Dovetails with the current Occupy message but still feels rather stale.
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Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
Solid documentary explores how sweetly harmonized barbershop music catalyzed a battle between First Amendment proponents and the telecommunications industry.
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Louis Proyect, rec.arts.movies.reviews
The first film to tackle the all-important subject of whether the Comcast's and Time-Warner's of the world will have the power to control what we see, hear or post on the Internet. Gives the term "net neutrality" a flesh-and-blood urgency.
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Lauren Wissot, Slant Magazine
An impotent exploration of the fight to take the Internet out of the hands of the Man.
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