Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story (2026)

Movie review: Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story

Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story is a film from 2026. It is catalogued under Documentary, Music. Its listed tagline is “Live It Up celebrates Mental As Anything - an art-school band whose warmth, wit and irreverent spirit captured Australian suburban life and left an enduring cultural legacy.”

Story

Live It Up is a feature documentary celebrating Mental as Anything, the art-school band whose irreverent humour, visual art and clever pop songs made them one of Australia's most distinctive cultural forces. Following the release of Nips Are Getting Bigger in 1979, the Mentals rose quickly from inner-city Sydney pubs to national fame, becoming masters at capturing Australian suburban life with warmth, wit and playfulness. While success came fast, they never treated it with reverence. Funny, warm and unexpectedly moving, Live It Up explores how Mental as Anything navigated fame, longevity and the pressures of the music industry while holding fast to their humour and creative spirit - revealing why their music continues to resonate today.

Audience reaction

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Production

Release date: March 5, 2026 · Runtime: 92 minutes · Original language: English

Official trailer

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Cast

Greedy SmithselfReg Mombassaself

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Peter O'Dohertyself

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Martin PlazaselfNeil FinnSelfColin HaySelfClaudia O'DohertySelf

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Dave GraneySelf