Skateland Movie Review [Rating:4.7/10]
Movie Review by New York Post
Anthony Burns’ mashup of “American Graffiti,” “The Last Picture Show” and “Roller Boogie” is less than compelling as drama — but boy is this an impressive collection of wildly ugly hairstyles, moustaches, clothing and “earth tone” furniture from 1983.
The titular establishment is a gaudy roller-skating rink in a small town in East Texas that’s about to close, throwing a 20-something (Shiloh Fernandez, who looks too old for the part) out of work. He also has to cope with his parents’ impending divorce and a friend’s death while downing brewskies with his equally aimless buds at an endless round of dull parties.
Movie Review by NyDailyNews.com
Teens spend their last summer together. At the Village East (1:38). PG-13: violence, sexuality, language.
Though noticeably lacking in originality, Anthony Burns’ low-key directorial debut skates by on the charms of its hazy wistfulness and a likable cast.
Shiloh Fernandez is Ritchie, a confused high school grad working in a Texas roller rink around 1983. His girlfriend (Ashley Greene) thinks he should go to college, while his best friend (Heath Freeman) wants him to stay in their small town, at least until the beer runs out.
Though noticeably lacking in originality, Anthony Burns’ low-key directorial debut skates by on the charms of its hazy wistfulness and a likable cast.
Shiloh Fernandez is Ritchie, a confused high school grad working in a Texas roller rink around 1983. His girlfriend (Ashley Greene) thinks he should go to college, while his best friend (Heath Freeman) wants him to stay in their small town, at least until the beer runs out.
Movie Review by The New York Times
Blondie and Foreigner rule the soundtrack, and the roller-skating rink is front and center in “Skateland,” Anthony Burns’s sweetly nostalgic re-creation of small-town Texas in the early 1980s.
It’s a place that the 19-year-old Ritchie (Shiloh Fernández) seems unable to leave. Becalmed since high school, Ritchie spends his days managing the rink and hanging with friends, unwilling to use his nascent writing talents on a college application. His sharp girlfriend (Ashley Greene) would like him to get a clue, but his best friend (Heath Freeman), a sad, romantic fabulist and washed-up motocross racer, needs someone to ride shotgun in his continuing battle with the local louts.
But Ritchie’s world of El Caminos, vinyl records and Jordache jeans (the costume designer, Kari Perkins, began her career on Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused”) is slowly breaking apart.
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