Grind (2003)
9 %
Reviews Counted: 69 Fresh: 6 Rotten:63 Average Rating: 3/10
Consensus:
Mediocre skateboard stunts are padded by a half-baked plot and one-dimensional characters.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 15, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $5,111,630
Synopsis: Grind (verb): scraping one or both axles of a skateboard on a curb, railing, or other surface While the rest of his high school graduating class is heading to the same old grind of college, skateboarder Eric Rivers (MIKE VOGEL) and his best friends, Dustin (ADAM BRODY), a goal-oriented... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Mike Vogel, Vince Vieluf, Adam Brody, Joey Kern, Jennifer Morrison
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Top Critic
If you love skateboarding, feel free to rent Grind, hit the mute button and fast forward through anything that doesn't involve a half-pipe.
05/10/04
It’s the sort of movie that makes American Wedding look... subtle by comparison. [T]his summer’s notorious bomb Gigli is starting to look better and better.
01/01/04
First-time director Casey La Scala may have taken his fledgling film's title too literally, grinding together borrowed ingredients like a mischievous chef.
10/24/03
Brings Out The Worst Of A Fringe Sport That Fights For Mainstream Acceptance...this Film Fails So Completely In Almost Every Aspect.
10/22/03
Director La Scala can't direct his way out of this can of half-baked beans.
08/30/03
Viewing the earthbound sequences in "Grind" is like watching the dialogue portions of pornos. Pity the viewers who catch this one without the benefit of a fast-forward or chapter select button.
08/22/03
Striving for street cred, I’m positive even skaters will turn their noses up at this.
08/22/03
They say it takes a certain knowledge of a subject to truly empathize a movie based on it, but I'm guessing it will take more than that to show any sort of genuine interest in a movie like Grind.
08/22/03
Brody and Vogel anchor the cast, portraying likeable, charismatic dudes with a friendship that is genuine and enduring in spite of their differences.
08/21/03
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08/21/03
Among those rare films that starts at the bottom and burrows downward.
08/21/03
Top Critic Top CriticIt's not the hit of the summer, but it's not a "Grind" to watch it, either.
08/20/03
Akin to a real skateboarding show, Grind lands a few tricks but ends up falling on its face the rest of the time.
08/20/03
Many of the characters aren't even likable throughout the first half of the movie, and while they evolve positively over time, it is barely enough to win anyone over.
08/19/03
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