In 'Love the Beast' two things are going on; 1) Eric Bana is learning how to make a film 2) Eric Bana is trying to be a racing driver. He doesn't really do a brilliant job at either. This feels like a real sickly buddy movie but without the buddy, or at least the buddy is a 1974 ... read more
Eric Bana,
Jay Leno,
Phil McGraw,
Jeremy Clarkson,
Barry Oliver
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Millions of viewers are familiar with Aussie actor Eric Bana from his Hollywood blockbuster work, notably in Black Hawk Down (2001), Hulk (2003) and Munich (2005). Bana steps away from fiction and dou... read more
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Flixster Reviews (122)
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July 1, 2010
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February 10, 2011
Bana makes a film about himself - a brave move for a directorial debut. Luckily he's quite an interesting person, as is the subject: his 25 year love affair with his car. The chats with Clarkson and Leno are great but the interest wanes around the middle and there's a sag before ... read more
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May 6, 2012
A cool documentary about someone, who happens to be famous, who is clearly extremely passionate about something.
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August 6, 2010
Interesting documentary by Australian actor Eric Bana about himself and his love for the 1974 Ford Falcon coupe he acquired as a teenager that he and his mates have rebuilt numerous times over the years in the garage of the suburban Melbourne home he grew up in. The documentary n... read more
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May 27, 2010
Part bio-pic and part car movie about Eric Banna. Banna has some serious man love for his Falcon XB Coup, an old muscle car popular in Austrialia due to Mad Max. He starts to enter rally races with his childhood car, and some of the racing sceens are great. We also get a littl... read more
Critic Reviews
Bana packs plenty of visual grunt for revhead auds, but his misty-eyed narration and awkwardly staged probing of man-car love with an Oz TV psychologist veer close to vanity-project potholes. Full Review
Unless you share Bana's worship of screeching tyres and throbbing engines then this is probably something you only really need to see on the small screen. Full Review
An indulgent but moving account of a decades-long love affair with his first car. Full Review
Bana exudes downhome blokeyness throughout, but an hour of this will be enough for most, after which egomania fatigue sets in. Add another star if you're a petrolhead, two if you really like Eric Bana... Full Review
An innocuous if not entirely successful attempt to convince "non-car people" about the joys of loving a 1974 Ford Falcon XB coupe. Full Review
Bana may not be a star exactly swaddled in charisma, but what mystique he did have is disassembled as comprehensively as that coupe's innards. Full Review
Although it helps to be a car nut to watch this, Bana's unpretentious passion is infectious. Full Review
You would have to love Eric Bana and his souped-up old racer to appreciate this car-themed documentary. Full Review
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