Advanced Search Beta »
Basic Search Fields
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Dogtown and Z-Boys Image
See the trailer
Metascore
76 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 21 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
Rate this:
  • Starring: Sean Penn
  • Summary: This documentary tells the true story of how kids living in Santa Monica, CA in the 1970's brought their surfing styles into skateboarding and revolutionized the sport.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    100
    An improbably bountiful subject -- kids on skateboards turning themselves into virtuoso artist-athletes -- has been brought to life in a wonderful, unpretentious documentary.
    All this critic's reviews
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    91
    A dazzlingly crafted documentary about the teenage surf punks of lower Los Angeles who singlehandedly transformed skateboarding into the extreme sport it has become.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Mark Holcomb
    60
    Makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing.

See all 27 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. JohnL.
    10
    I really enjoyed this documentary and thats saying a lot because I usually find them pretty boring.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

See all 13 User Reviews

Trailers