Grind (2003 film)
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Directed by | Casey La Scala |
Written by | Ralph Sall |
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Cinematography | Richard Crudo |
Edited by | Eric Strand |
Music by | Ralph Sall |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6 million[1] |
Box office | $5.1 million[1] |
Grind is a 2003 American skateboarding comedy film directed by Casey La Scala, and written by record producer Ralph Sall, who also composed the score. The film stars Mike Vogel, Vince Vieluf, Adam Brody and Joey Kern as four teenage aspiring amateur skaters trying to make it in the world of pro skateboarding by pulling insane stunts in front of their pro skater idol.
It was critically panned and flopped at the box office.
Plot
[edit]Following high school graduation, skateboarder Eric Rivers and his best friends, goal-oriented workaholic Dustin Knight and misfit slacker Matt Jensen, have one last summer road trip together to follow their dream of getting noticed by the pro skater world — and getting paid to skate. When the legendary Jimmy Wilson's demo tour comes through, the boys figure that as soon as he sees their fierce tricks, he'll sign them up for his renowned team immediately, right? Unfortunately, the guys are intercepted by Wilson's road manager and can't get their foot in the door, much less their boards. Following their dream — and Wilson's national tour — the trio start their own skate team, reluctantly sponsored by Dustin and his college fund.
After recruiting laid-back ladies man "Sweet" Lou Singer to join their crew and provide the van for their tour, team Super Duper launches the ride of their lives in an outrageous road trip from Chicago to Santa Monica. The professional scene doesn't exactly welcome nobody, but these outsiders stick together through extreme misadventures. In their quest to go pro, they meet professional vert skating champions Bucky Lasek, Bob Burnquist and Pierre Luc Gagnon, skate pro Bam Margera and his crew Preston Lacy, Ehren Danger McGhehey and Jason Wee Man Acuña, as well as sexy skate chick Jamie as they grind handrails across America and force the skateboarding world to give 'em a piece of the action.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Mike Vogel as Eric Rivers
- Vince Vieluf as Matt Jensen
- Joey Kern as Sweet Lou Singer
- Adam Brody as Dustin Knight
- Jennifer Morrison as Jamie
- Jason London as Jimmy Wilson
- Summer Altice as Winona
- Bam Margera as himself
- Erin Murphy as Hot Mama
- Stephen Root as Cameron
- Christopher McDonald as Mr. Rivers
- Brian Posehn as Orville the Scraggly Guy
- Dave Foley as Tour Manager
- Jason Acuña as Little Timmy (As Wee Man)
- Donte Calarco as Buxom Girl #1
- Christine Estabrook as Sarah Jensen
- Randy Quaid as Jock Jensen
- Lindsay Felton as Denise Jensen
- Chad Fernandez as Rival Skater #1
- Alfred Briere as Rival Skater #2
- Ehren McGhehey as Rival Skater #3
- Brandon Mychal Smith as Teen Skater
- Jake Muxworthy as Pro
- Donald Gibb as Scabby Security Guy
- Shonda Farr as Sandy Moore
- Bob "Bobcat" Goldthwait as Bell Clerk
- Tom Green as Colorado Skate Shop Owner
- Ryan Sheckler as Rod St. James
- Guillermo Aguilar as himself
- Preston Lacy as himself
- Liam Booth as himself
Soundtrack
[edit]A soundtrack consisting of a blend of rock, hip hop and reggae music was released on August 12, 2003, by Atlantic Records.
Critical response
[edit]On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 8% of 74 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Mediocre skateboard stunts are padded by a half-baked plot and one-dimensional characters."[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 30 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
Joe Laydon, of Variety called the "Skating scenes ... unremarkable and repetitious," concluding that the film was less than good.[citation needed]
Keith Phipps, for The A.V. Club, said "The film ... will gleam the cube only of viewers with an unusually high tolerance for porta-toilet and Dutch-oven gags."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Grind". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ Plot Summary for 'Grind' (2003). IMDb. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ Grind Movie Reviews, Pictures. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ KP (11 August 2003). "Grind". The A.V. Club.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Grind at IMDb
- Grind at AllMovie
- Grind at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- 2003 films
- American comedy road movies
- 2000s buddy comedy films
- 2000s sports comedy films
- 2003 directorial debut films
- American buddy comedy films
- American sports comedy films
- Warner Bros. films
- Skateboarding films
- 2000s comedy road movies
- American high school films
- 2003 comedy films
- American teen comedy films
- 2000s English-language films
- 2000s American films
- Films scored by Ralph Sall