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5.5/10   262 votes
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Director:
Scott Smith
Writer:
Scott Smith (written by)
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Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
A film about a choice - between a life holding on, or a death letting go. more
Plot:
In pursuit of fantasy, five teenagers hop the fence of a now defunct amusement park. While apparently a mindless diversion, for two of them the park is the setting for a more fatal bid at escape. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
7 wins more
User Comments:
A movie that works.... more (18 total)

Cast

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Brendan Fletcher ... Stick
Kett Turton ... Darrin
Crystal Buble ... Chloe (as Crystal Bublé)
Brent Glenen ... Justin
Sean Amsing ... Sanj
David Lovgren ... Ben
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language, sexual content, drug use/drinking, all involving teens.
Runtime:
90 min | USA:88 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:R

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Ben puts Justin in car number 16 of the octopus ride. At the end of the ride Justin gets out of car 12. more
Quotes:
Darrin: I don't know. I never really got into it. I mean it's like you climb all the way up here and it's like you know it's going to be bad. Then you get to the top. After that you're just trying to hold on. more

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A movie that works...., 24 November 2005
8/10
Author: pachl from Illinois

Part of the success or failure of a movie is whether it can create a plausible sense of time and place. "Roller-coaster" succeeds. It effectively employs scenes that, under different circumstances, would disparagingly be called overused or uninspired, but here they seem fresh and compelling. It reminded me a lot of "Hurricane Streets".

Roller-coaster is the story of five seemingly aimless, conflicted teens from a group home in Vancouver who break into a defunct amusement park. Each of them has a problem or a secret the movie will eventually reveal. Mix all of this with the teens' confrontations with a security guard who at first bullies and torments them. Later it appears that, whether out of boredom or a change of heart, he befriends them. However, his kindness is just a means to an end.

Too many movies are guilty of playing down to the audience. When they show angry teens, the emotion seems contrived. However, "Roller-coaster" manages to make the anger, frustration, confusion, and boredom of growing up seem real. You develop sympathy for the characters because they don't come across as spoiled or irritatingly self-pitying.

Epilogue (added March 14, 2006:) I rented Roller-coaster this past weekend and was amazed at how faulty my memory is. Several years had gone by between the time I first watched the movie and did my review. Roller-coaster is actually better than I remembered. I would now say that it is in the same league as the incredible movie, "Mean Creek".

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