Overview
Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for somewhere to belong. He finds it at the Motor Avenue skate shop.
This film really sneaks up on you. At first it does not appear to be anything more than the traditional coming-of-age movie about a boy growing up in a questionable area with bad family dynamics. But as the story unfolds you begin to see that there is so much more to all of the characters than you first realized and that not everyone was who they appeared to be. I particularly enjoyed the differences between the boys because I had some of the same kinds of friends. You could tell who was going to be successful, who was going to be a burnout, etc. All in all a nice little film.
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Movie title: mid90s
Movie description: Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for somewhere to belong. He finds it at the Motor Avenue skate shop.
Date published: 2020-06-04
Director(s): Jonah Hill
Actor(s): Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges, Na-kel Smith, Olan Prenatt, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Alexa Demie, Fig Camila Abner, Liana Perlich, Ama Elsesser, Judah Estrella Borunda, Mecca Allen, Harmony Korine, Jerrod Carmichael, Jax Malcolm, Kasey Elise, Zachary Read, Di Vinci SanTana Guthrie
Genre: Drama
My Review
This film really sneaks up on you. At first it does not appear to be anything more than the traditional coming-of-age movie about a boy growing up in a questionable area with bad family dynamics. But as the story unfolds you begin to see that there is so much more to all of the characters than you first realized and that not everyone was who they appeared to be. I particularly enjoyed the differences between the boys because I had some of the same kinds of friends. You could tell who was going to be successful, who was going to be a burnout, etc. All in all a nice little film.
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My Review - 8/10
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