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Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002)
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Reviews Counted:92
Fresh:84
Rotten:8
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: Dogtown and Z-Boys is a colorful, exhilarating look at the skateboarding subculture.
Theatrical Release:Apr 26, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $1,187,606
Synopsis: In the late 1960s, a group of burnt out teenagers from broken homes ambled together and began to surf along Venice, California's Pacific Ocean Park pier, a ghostly shell of a former amusement park... [More]
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Reviews for Dogtown and Z-Boys
There is something I find deeply disturbing about a documentary made about one's own life that never acknowledges its first person status.
01/07/03
A fast-paced but narrowly-aimed look at the outlaw skateboarding movement of the '70s...disappointingly bland and adulatory.
04/25/02
Has all the depth of a wading pool.
08/05/02
The problem is that Peralta wants it all, and that it doesn't all add up.
05/04/02
Unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm, you're going to feel like you weren't invited to the party.
04/26/02
Top CriticWhat there's too much is interviews with middle-aged, self-proclaimed radicals indulged in endless back-patting sessions for having spawned 'a revolution.'
08/23/02
At times, however, Dogtown and Z-Boys lapses into an insider's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow, or care about.
05/31/02
Suitably energetic but thoroughly egotistical.
07/09/02
Whether you're a grind god or an ollie newbie, you'll want to watch this doc like a Tony Hawk.
04/26/02
Marred by a self-importance and heavy-handed assertion of mythic status that some may well find misplaced or just downright ridiculous.
08/01/08
Infectiously exuberant.
01/26/06
Quite possibly the best documentary about youth and sport since Hoop Dreams.
12/23/02
The rare and wondrous nonfiction film that transcends its subject to become a thing of beauty in itself, a slice of pop-cultural history that shimmers with life.
05/03/02
An exhilarating, breathless, must-see chronicle of the skateboarder revolution and evolution.
05/30/02
Top CriticPoetry in motion captured on film. While it can be a bit repetitive, overall it's an entertaining and informative documentary.
06/04/02
The people in Dogtown and Z-Boys are so funny, aggressive and alive, you have to watch them because you can't wait to see what they do next.
05/02/02
A high-flying kick for anyone who enjoys a good road rash and wind rushing through the hair.
05/03/02
Top CriticWatch this, and the next time you see the X Games or a skateboarding video game commercial, you'll think of the Z-boys and how it all began.
05/03/02
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