Dogtown and Z-Boys
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Universal acclaim- based on 21 Ratings
- 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.
- Director: Stacy Peralta
- Genre(s): Sport, Documentary
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Positive: 23 out of 27
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Mixed: 4 out of 27
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100An improbably bountiful subject -- kids on skateboards turning themselves into virtuoso artist-athletes -- has been brought to life in a wonderful, unpretentious documentary.
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91A dazzlingly crafted documentary about the teenage surf punks of lower Los Angeles who singlehandedly transformed skateboarding into the extreme sport it has become.
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75Here is an entire movie about looking cool while not wiping out. Call it a metaphor for life.
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60Makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing.
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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JohnL.10I really enjoyed this documentary and thats saying a lot because I usually find them pretty boring.
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