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A Brony Tale
When voice artist Ashleigh Ball was hired to voice 'My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic', she had no idea that she would become a phenomenon and an idol of a large group of adult fans, who are not expected to see this young-girl show. The film follows Ashleigh to her meeting with fans and take a closer look at the Pony fan-world.
19 July 1984, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 20, 2014
Some of its subjects definitely register high on a creepy meter, but the film does provide an interesting look at our expectations of manliness, gender norms and comments on sexuality.July 14, 2014
At the same time, it's fascinating to watch Hodge peel back the curtain and show this community in all its perplexing glory.July 08, 2014
The payoff is just lovely, helping to revive A Brony Tale when it needs it the most, returning focus to the primal release of a man who's terribly excited about group of cartoon ponies and their shared adventures.August 19, 2014
Cheery docu dispels stereotypes of male My Little Pony fans.April 26, 2014
Situates the phenomenon inside an identifiable world rather than setting it aside like it's some kind of otherness.July 09, 2014
As Brent Hodge vividly illustrates in his entertaining, insightful and affectionate documentary about a seemingly bizarre subculture, there's more to this phenomenon than meets the eye. Heck, it might even make a Brony out of you.July 17, 2014
This is an accessible, briskly paced documentary about a phenomenon that warrants exactly the level of investigation Hodges has given it here.June 06, 2016
A Brony Tale, as an ethnographic study of this culture, is a bit disjointedJuly 14, 2014
While it could have benefited from more insight from the people involved with show and follow-up commentary from Bryan, the movie poses interesting questions about gender roles in modern society.