Grind (2003)
Critic Reviews
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Boston Globe Wesley Morris
What Grind lacks in cinematic skill, it makes up for in heart, which is what most dudes-in-arms flicks are missing. Given the option of spending eternity with these gentlemen or the boys of ''American Pie,'' I'd choose the lads of Grind.
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50
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Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
Suitable entertainment for boys too young to shave.
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50
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Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan
If you've recently watched that great skateboarding documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys," Grind will play like a soft-pedaled Afterschool Special.
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40
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The A.V. Club Keith Phipps
First-time director Casey La Scala and some talented stunt doubles squeeze in a fair amount of impressive skating footage, but the film around it will gleam the cube only of viewers with an unusually high tolerance for porta-toilet and Dutch-oven gags.
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40
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Los Angeles Times
Manages to capture enough honest moments to make it watchable, but it's never really funny enough to recommend to anyone who's outgrown short pants and kneepads.
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38
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USA Today Claudia Puig
Sitting through the teen skateboard comedy Grind is, well, a grind.
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38
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Chicago Tribune
This movie is just not cool or hip or in any way extreme. Sitting through Grind is a real grind.
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25
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New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Here's what's missing from Casey La Scala's film: Likable characters, a comprehensible script and any semblance of a good time.
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25
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San Francisco Chronicle
The most humorous actor in the film, Joey Kern as Sweet Lou the cradle-robbing ladies' man, gets laughs only because he's performing a note-for-note rip-off of the Matthew McConaughey character in "Dazed and Confused."
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0
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Film Threat
Grind is an answer to the question that has been on the minds of many this summer: “Is there anything worse than Gigli?” The answer to this question is a resounding “YES!”
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