Grind
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: August 15, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
10
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Sitting through the teen skateboard comedy Grind is, well, a grind. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneAllison Benedikt
This movie is just not cool or hip or in any way extreme. Sitting through Grind is a real grind. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Eager to please, but it’s so lacking in real-world skate politics that it more resembles the chugging PG-13 mediocrity of Top 40 pop-punk-lite than the hard-core Black Flagisms of Peralta’s scathingly real doc. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
What the problem comes down to is a group of filmmakers making misguided choices in an effort to broaden the movie's demographics beyond those who attend X Games. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Here's what's missing from Casey La Scala's film: Likable characters, a comprehensible script and any semblance of a good time. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
The most humorous actor in the film, Joey Kern as Sweet Lou the cradle-robbing ladies' man, gets laughs only because he's performing a note-for-note rip-off of the Matthew McConaughey character in "Dazed and Confused." Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
If you stay awake, you'll certainly feel more than a little ground down after watching perhaps 15 minutes of skateboard footage padded out with nearly 90 minutes of strenuously unfunny toilet humor - all cheaply filmed on a budget that looks as if it would scarcely cover the catering bill for "Gigli." Read full review
20
Washington PostMatt Bonesteel
A lightweight skating story/road-trip film, is apparently the best it can do, which is to say, not good at all. Read full review
20
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
While doing nothing to dispel the stereotype that skateboarding is the sport of brainless jackasses, Casey La Scala's directing debut does feature some nifty boarding action. Read full review
12
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
I think the guy who exited the advance screening after less than 15 minutes said it best. "This movie's garbage," he hollered, as the audience members tittered and shuffled their feet, which they continued to do throughout this humourless, hackneyed yawnfest. Read full review
0
Film ThreatKevin Carr
Grind is an answer to the question that has been on the minds of many this summer: “Is there anything worse than Gigli?” The answer to this question is a resounding “YES!” Read full review
0
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
A crass, condescending piece of corporate bamboozling, Grind plays like a movie conceived by monkey-suited honchos who regard their targeted audience as impressionable nincompoops susceptible to every new trend in sports, clothing and music that comes down the pike. Read full review
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