Lords of Dogtown

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Marco L @decatur555 5 days ago A beautiful, sad and energetic true-story drama about skateboarding as freedom before the world turns it into business. What works best is not only the skating itself, but the melancholy underneath: young bodies, empty pools, hot asphalt, seventies music and a group of kids touching something huge before realizing they are also losing it. The film captures the physical rush of the rides, the speed, the danger, the falls and the teenage euphoria, but also the cracks that appear when friendship becomes fame, contracts, image and rivalry. The young cast feels alive, with Emile Hirsch bringing rage and self-destruction, John Robinson an iconic innocence, Victor Rasuk warmth, and Heath Ledger a messy, broken adult presence. It may be conventional and somewhat romanticized, and it could go deeper into the darker side of the real story. Still, it has rhythm, affection and a moving sense of youth passing too fast. See more Christian S @Cstein99 Oct 17, 2026 So well done! It got all of it! I love this movie! See more andrea C @Charst May 28, 2026 Vero film underground che non si accontenta di essere un classico biopic sulla storia di alcuni personaggi famosi con una storia da raccontare, ma rimane fedele alle origini dello skateboard e dei suoi interpreti senza mai scendere a compromessi sullo stile di regia e di montaggio. Può piacere o no, ma la scelta della regista è coraggiosa e viene ripagata da un film che si vive ad alta velocità, con primi piani movimentati, dialoghi urlati ed acrobazie folli. Il racconto dei tre protagonisti è schietto e poco romanzato, tra birra, divertimento e risse si trova anche lo spazio per qualche momento più personale e drammatico. Almeno mezzo punto in più per un finale emozionante ed intimo, perfetta chiusura del cerchio. See more Ian R @RT23899272 Apr 20, 2026 I lived through this skateboard craze as a child. They exploded overnight. No carpark or building front was without skaters. That part of the 1970's was really well recreated. Otherwise, this film was rather routine. I'm Australian 🇭🇲 and Heath Ledger sucked in this movie. He ponced around in dark sunglasses trying to act cool. He came off as a bit of a looser. The backstory is more interesting than what is left in this movie. It's a shame, because the cast could of been given more to do. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Nov 4, 2025 The worldwide gross is $13,411,957.00. See more Janis E @JansEd Oct 13, 2025 Lords of Dogtown is an interesting look at the start of an ever increasingly more popular part of American youth culture, but often settles for surface gloss instead of introspection. See more Read all reviews

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