Pretty Good

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Not enough info about bbq itself. Its about people and how they like their bbq...

This documentary is a very removed view of different cultures experiences with bbq. There is a pretentious somber soundtrack below the whole film. Even at times of joy and excitement, the live sound is muted. The director seems to want the audience to have a constant lukewarm emotion. The music is unnecessary to be constant thru the whole film. It tries to replicate the styling of other current food/documentary tropes. Sterile is the only word that comes to mind. A sterile experience, story, cinematography, score and poster. The poster really shows the level of pretension you're about to experience.

I'm usually pretty forgiving, but this was slow. Seems like a lot of work to travel and get interviews that were really not that interesting or insightful. Yes, there is commonality for this type of method around the world, we get that, that's why we wanted to see it. There is very little about the ingredients, how they were raised, or seasonings or methods. It's all very generic. Even the colors are muted.Too matter of fact, too dry, little passion. The acts almost seem mundane, which it probably is for those who do it every day for decades, but it's the job of the director to entice a glimmer in the eye of those being interviewed. Understated would be an understatement. A couple of times there were glimpses of interesting technique but then it would cut away so you couldn't see what was going on.There also doesn't seem to be any story here... just bits and pieces of things commentary that is rarely engaging. I can't help but think had this been in different hands, it would have been a far more interesting documentary that I might remember later.I have to agree with the previous reviewer, not craving barbecue and I should be. The trailer is better than the film.

After watching one hour and a half of a barbecue documentary, I don't even feel like eating a barbecue... that's all you need to know. I wasted my time so you won't have to. Thank me later.Adding more lines as IMDb won't let me submit. This BBQ documentary doesn't even mention countries like Argentina which are clearly recognized as having some of the best meats in the world. It also ends on a high note with pretty bad New Zealand BBQ which, obviously, is where the movie directors are from (biased?.... you bet).I give this movie 1 star because it's basically a scam: you come in with the idea of taking a world tour through some epic BBQ destinations and instead are welcomed with almost two hours of bizarre ramblings about unrelated topics. Also, the soundtrack sucks!!