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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternAn improbably bountiful subject -- kids on skateboards turning themselves into virtuoso artist-athletes -- has been brought to life in a wonderful, unpretentious documentary.
- 91Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerThis collision of skate punk and pop-culture archaeology is the most entertaining slice of cultural history I've seen in years.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA dazzlingly crafted documentary about the teenage surf punks of lower Los Angeles who singlehandedly transformed skateboarding into the extreme sport it has become.
- 89Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThat they were just hormonally blitzkrieged kids at the time, unaware of their role in history, only makes Peralta's superior doc that much more winning.
- 88Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezRaucous look at an equally raucous phenomenon.
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardIn keeping with the unrefined spirit of the '70s, the movie is deliberately haphazard and proudly retains all its mistakes, including narrator Sean Penn going up on his lines.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyExhilarating, breathless, must-see chronicle of the skateboarder revolution and evolution.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertHere is an entire movie about looking cool while not wiping out. Call it a metaphor for life.
- 70New Times (L.A.)Bill GalloNew Times (L.A.)Bill GalloWe expect some depth and perspective from filmmakers, but even in talking about the movie Peralta sounds like an ex-high school quarterback who never got over the Big Game, or an old campus revolutionary who's never glimpsed the folly that went along with the fervor.