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Grind (2003)

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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.
 

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude humor, sexual content and language

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... 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 workaholic, and misfit slacker Matt (VINCE VIELUF) have one last summer roadtrip together to follow their dream of getting noticed by the professional skateboarding world - and getting paid to skate. When skating legend Jimmy Wilson's (JASON LONDON) skate demo tour hits town, the boys figure that as soon as he sees their fierce tricks, he'll sign them up for his renowned skate team immediately, right? Unfortunately, the guys are intercepted by Jimmy's road manager (DAVE FOLEY) and they can't get their foot in the door, much less their boards. But they do get some free advice: keep skating, stay true to yourself, and stay in the game - if you're good, you'll get noticed. Following their dream - and Jimmy's national tour - Eric, Dustin and Matt start their own skate team, reluctantly sponsored by Dustin and his college fund. After recruiting laid-back ladies man Sweet Lou (JOEY KERN) to join their crew and provide the wheels for their tour, team "Super Duper" launches the ride of their lives in an outrageous road trip from Chi-town to Santa Monica. The professional scene doesn't exactly welcome "nobody" skaters, 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 (JENNIFER MORRISON) as they grind handrails across America and force the skateboarding world to give 'em a piece of the action. -- © Warner Brothers [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Mike Vogel, Vince Vieluf, Adam Brody, Joey Kern, Jennifer Morrison

Director: Casey La Scala
Screenwriter: Ralph Sall
Producer: Bill Gerber, Hunt Lowry, Casey La Scala

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 27, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Pan & Scan - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary
  • Music Video - 1. "Too Bad About Your Girl" - The Donnas
  • Theatrical Trailer

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Suitable entertainment for boys too young to shave.

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02/27/07
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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0/5

There is nothing remotely entertaining about this film.

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12/06/05
Kevin Carr
Film Threat
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1/5

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.

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05/10/04
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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1/5

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.

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01/01/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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1/5

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11/16/03
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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2/4

First-time director Casey La Scala may have taken his fledgling film's title too literally, grinding together borrowed ingredients like a mischievous chef.

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10/24/03
Tyler Hanley
Palo Alto Weekly
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Brings Out The Worst Of A Fringe Sport That Fights For Mainstream Acceptance...this Film Fails So Completely In Almost Every Aspect.

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10/22/03
Michael Drakulich
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
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Director La Scala can't direct his way out of this can of half-baked beans.

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08/30/03
Elias Savada
Nitrate Online
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You've seen and heard it before, dude.

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08/23/03
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International
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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.

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08/22/03
Dan Lybarger
Kansas City Star
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1/10

Striving for street cred, I’m positive even skaters will turn their noses up at this.

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08/22/03
Brian Orndorf
Modamag.com
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2/4

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.

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08/22/03
David Keyes
Cinemaphile.org
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3/5

Brody and Vogel anchor the cast, portraying likeable, charismatic dudes with a friendship that is genuine and enduring in spite of their differences.

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08/21/03
Daphne Gordon
Toronto Star
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08/21/03
Orlando Weekly
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Among those rare films that starts at the bottom and burrows downward.

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08/21/03
Bob Campbell
Newark Star-Ledger
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The worst movie of the summer.

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08/21/03
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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It's not the hit of the summer, but it's not a "Grind" to watch it, either.

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08/20/03
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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Akin to a real skateboarding show, Grind lands a few tricks but ends up falling on its face the rest of the time.

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08/20/03
Shawn Bowers
Kansas City Star
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4/10

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.

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08/19/03
Bryan Reesman
Citysearch
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Alas, the great teen-skateboarding comedy has still yet to be made.

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08/19/03
Adam Nayman
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