The famous children's novel of the 19th Century, Hans Brinker And The Silver Skates gets a Clinton era treatment in the Disney Studios TV movie Brink! From the Netherlands the location is changed to Southern California and the sport is no longer ice skating, but in line skating. From the look of the film every kid in the region is doing nothing but in line skating.
Playing the title role of Andy Brinker is Erik Von Detten and he gives out with a certain youthful charm that viewers will find infectious. He also has a good set of values imparted to him by his parents as they are facing some tough times with construction worker David Graf on disability with benefits about to expire and him wanting to go back to work bad. A story repeated in thousands of American households.
Von Detten and his skater posse just skate for the sheer enjoyment of it and are put down by a group of professional skaters led by Sam Horrigan.
Even if you've never read the original work I think you can see where this is going. In fact the plot of Brink! is pretty faithful to the original story.
Although why Von Detten is so put down for "selling out" when he joins the in line team because of financial reasons at home is a bit unreal given these times. Nice to be able to skate for the love of it, but you've still got to eat and pay the rent.
Overlooking that this is a decent family film with a most charismatic young star.
Playing the title role of Andy Brinker is Erik Von Detten and he gives out with a certain youthful charm that viewers will find infectious. He also has a good set of values imparted to him by his parents as they are facing some tough times with construction worker David Graf on disability with benefits about to expire and him wanting to go back to work bad. A story repeated in thousands of American households.
Von Detten and his skater posse just skate for the sheer enjoyment of it and are put down by a group of professional skaters led by Sam Horrigan.
Even if you've never read the original work I think you can see where this is going. In fact the plot of Brink! is pretty faithful to the original story.
Although why Von Detten is so put down for "selling out" when he joins the in line team because of financial reasons at home is a bit unreal given these times. Nice to be able to skate for the love of it, but you've still got to eat and pay the rent.
Overlooking that this is a decent family film with a most charismatic young star.