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  • 2012
  • PG
  • The Film Sales Company
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2012
  • PG
  • The Film Sales Company
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary It's not a death metal band, an extreme diet club or historic dominoes association—the Bones Brigade was a talented gang of teenage outcasts. Unmotivated by fame or popularity, they completely dedicated their lives to a disrespected art form. For most of the 1980s, this misfit crew headed by a 1970s ex-skateboard champion blasted the ind...

Directed By: Stacy Peralta

  • 2012
  • PG
  • The Film Sales Company
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2012
  • PG
  • The Film Sales Company
  • 1 h 30 m

Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary It's not a death metal band, an extreme diet club or historic dominoes association—the Bones Brigade was a talented gang of teenage outcasts. Unmotivated by fame or popularity, they completely dedicated their lives to a disrespected art form. For most of the 1980s, this misfit crew headed by a 1970s ex-skateboard champion blasted the ind...

Directed By: Stacy Peralta

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83
Nov 2, 2012
Bones Brigade is surprisingly emotional and inspirational too, as these now-grown men look back on the days when they were competitive, easily bruised kids, drawn to Peralta's calming, avuncular presence.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 2, 2012
Deep, rich and resonant, Bones Brigade will provide fans with an enticing portal to revisit skateboarding's glory days and introduce the era to a whole new generation of enthusiasts.
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75
Nov 1, 2012
Even if you've never ridden a skateboard or had any interest in people who do, you'll get a kick out of Stacy Peralta's documentary Bones Brigade: An Autography.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 8, 2012
While his breakthrough documentary, "Dogtown and Z-Boys," cracked open the window on a largely unknown world in vibrant and visceral ways, Bones feels like an epilogue.
By Betsy Sharkey FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 2, 2012
The film risks self-importance, but when Peralta admits through tears just how much he loves his skater charges, it imparts what every parent knows: that even better than achieving one's own success is shepherding the success of others.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 2, 2012
You just wish the moviemaking were as consistently graceful and momentum-fixated as the film's rail-grinding subjects.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 2, 2012
Gradually becomes an echo chamber of personal dramas and exploits, not to mention propulsive soundtrack cues - all within a sport already nursing a penchant for self-documentation.
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Production Company Nonfiction Unlimited
Release Date Nov 2, 2012
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating PG
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