Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 37 | Rotten: 10
The harder they come, the harder they fall -- this film shows, in raw, gripping detail, that even skater dudes can't resist the life of the rich and famous. It's more poignant than hard-core, and gives us a portrait of a life run over by the whims of the entertainment industry.
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 4
The harder they come, the harder they fall -- this film shows, in raw, gripping detail, that even skater dudes can't resist the life of the rich and famous. It's more poignant than hard-core, and gives us a portrait of a life run over by the whims of the entertainment industry.
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As a teenager growing up in the mid-'70s, Mark "Gator" Rogowski became a passionate skateboarder. With time, he became quite good on a deck and, by the early '80s, his skills on the vertical ramp, combined with his cocky charm and surfer-dude good looks, helped to make him one of the top professionals on the skating circuit. Between endorsement deals and performance fees, he was earning more than a hundred-thousand dollars per year by the time he was 18. Not surprisingly, Rogowski soon found
Jul 1, 2002 Wide
Feb 17, 2004
Palm Pictures
All Critics (50) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (10) | DVD (11)
It's fascinating to see the process by which skateboarding, in all its concrete grittiness, was transformed into a mainstream activity of consumer cool.
An exhilarating and terrifying journey through youth-culture hell.
Thoroughly compelling documentary.
The movie fails to pull off all its trick moves.
Offers a fascinating look into the skater's tumble from grace, as well as chronicling the renaissance of his rebel sport.
By focusing on the self-immolation of the thoroughly despicable skateboarding star Mark "Gator" Rogowski, Stoked makes us all question the eternal chase for popularity and acceptance that takes up so much of daily life.
A decent enough documentary albeit one about an appalling person.
A near-perfect time capsule of a specific moment in our culture, and a telling analysis of instant celebrity and the fickleness of youth culture.
Unforgettable.
Stoked gives a young woman's rape and murder almost no narrative weight -- it is merely the disappointing spoiler to a talented skateboarder's career.
Despite doing a fine job telling this trajectory skateboarder bio, Stickler's tale lacked an edge and the power to make this story stick in the ribs.
You can see why Stickler was drawn to the charismatic Gator, but his story is so extreme (he is serving life for murder) that it effectively unbalances the project.
Consistently throughout the film, Stickler skates right over the crux of the matter.
Unlike Stacy Peralta's romantically nostalgic '70s skate-umentary Dogtown & Z Boys, Stickler delves into the dirty details, even showing the decomposed remains of his victim.
Tells a fascinating and very sad story ... and gives us lots of cool skateboard action along the way
This is not a film that speaks to people interested in skateboarding only, but anyone fascinated with plumbing the depths of teen angst.
Picks up the history of skateboarding where Stacy Peralta's Dogtown and Z-Boys leaves off.
Gator the rise and fall of Gator is just one of those documentaries that even if you arent into the subject matter will keep your fall attention from the first shot to the last this documentary follows the story of 80's vert skater Mark *gator* Rogowski who let fame and drugs spiral his life out of control untill the
July 31, 2008Super Reviewer
The synopsis says it all: The rise and fall of 80's vert skateboard legend Mark 'Gator' Rogowski.
July 11, 2008Super Reviewer
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