Mid90s (2018)

Follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old in 1990s-era Los Angeles who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop.

Director:

Jonah Hill

Writer:

Jonah Hill

Stars:

Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sunny Suljic	...	Stevie
Katherine Waterston	...	Dabney
Lucas Hedges	...	Ian
Na-kel Smith	...	Ray
Olan Prenatt	...	Fuckshit
Gio Galicia	...	Ruben
Ryder McLaughlin	...	Fourth Grade
Alexa Demie	...	Estee
Fig Camila Abner	...	Angela
Liana Perlich	...	Teresa
Ama Elsesser	...	Zoe
Judah Estrella Borunda	...	Sam
Mecca Allen	...	Sara
Aramis Hudson	...	Skate Shop Customer
Sonny Greenback	...	5-0 Kid

Storyline

This movie follows a teenager named Stevie growing up in Los Angeles. He's struggling with his family, including his co-dependent single mom and his abusive older brother, and at school, where his richer friends seem to overlook him. When Stevie befriends a crew of skateboarders, he learns some tough lessons about class, race, and privilege.

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Plot Keywords:

number in title | coming of age | skateboarding | foul language | low brow humor | 

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Taglines:

Fall. Get back up.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language, sexual content, drug and alcohol use, some violent behavior/disturbing images - all involving minors

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mid90s

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$258,157, 21 October 2018, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$7,362,439, 23 December 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

A24, IAC Films, Waypoint Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In an interview, Jonah Hill admitted that he was afraid he would accused of being bigoted because of the repeated use of words like f*****t throughout the film and considered a shooting a scene where the kids debate over whether they should be using that kind of language. He showed the scene to producer Scott Rudin, who asked, "Would you guys have had this conversation back then?" When Jonah said no, Rudin said that the scene would be "more offensive to put that in the movie than to show it how it actually was." Rudin is gay.

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Goofs

While Stevie and his friends skate on a two-way street, a modern Toyota Camry passes by in the background. Likewise, an older Lincoln Town Car passes on the road as Stevie skates along.

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Quotes

Ray: Are you okay?
Stevie: [nods]
Ray: You literally take the hardest hits out of anybody I'd ever seen in my life. You know you don't have to do that, right?

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Crazy Credits

The A24 logo at the start of the film is made of skateboards.

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Connections

References Rocko's Modern Life (1993)

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Soundtracks

Put It On
Written by Anthony Best and Lamont Coleman
Performed by Big L
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

User Reviews

THE SKATEBOARDERS ARE COMING, THE SKATEBOARDERS ARE COMING...!

Jonah Hill's debut film as writer/director is an admirable piece of awakening. Feeling like an offshoot of Larry Clark's seminal 1995 film Kids, Hill takes a page from their playbook to chart the fascination of a latch key kid from a broken home (his brother beats him & it seems there is no father figure while the mother is off doing something) who falls in w/a gang of skateboarders who take him under their wing & give him a crash course on the bad things in life (drinking, smoking & of course skateboarding) which gives him a sense of purpose & belonging. An impressive list of needle drops are heard on the soundtrack (I picked out The Pixies, Bad Brains & The Mamas & the Papas to name a few) coloring the background of this low res effort which is a nice stepping stone for future efforts. Good work.