The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
- Directed by
- Michael Gottlieb
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- New Zealand, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 40 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman hires a down-on-his-luck American actor to pose as her boyfriend to impress her wealthy father in Australia. The plan goes wrong with comical misunderstandings.
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What happens
The Shrimp on the Barbie, released in Australia as The Boyfriend from Hell, is a 1990 comedy film directed by Michael Gottlieb (under the pseudonym Alan Smithee) and starring Cheech Marin. The title is derived from a line in a 1980s series of popular ads starring Paul Hogan promoting tourism to Australia: "I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you". The film was a box office disaster, grossing only 1/10th of its budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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