Grind Movie Review 2003

Lightweight tale of teens and their quest for fme and the booty that comes with it rides the rails of the newly-hip extreme sports genre. The straight-outta-Central Casting group of grinders consists of good-looking Eric (Vogel); ladies man Sweet Lou (Kern); goofy, sex-crazed Matt (Vieluf); and the nerdy Dustin (Brody). They follow their skateboarding hero Jimmy Wilson (London) on tour and hope to grab the pro's attention with their skateboarding antics in order to win a coveted sponsorship and ensuing fame and fortune. Pic finds moderate success when sticking to the 'board action (even if it's obviously stand-in work) while gross-out and slacker humor too often misses the mark.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 100 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Skateboarding, Buddies, Slob Comedy

Screenplay

Ralph Sall

Cast

Vince Vieluf, Mike Vogel, Adam Brody, Joey Kern, Jenny (Jennifer) Morrison, Jason London, Randy Quaid, Christopher McDonald, Summer Altice

Cinematography

Richard Crudo

Director

Casey La Scala

Music

Ralph Sall

Other

Lance Brown, Eric Strand, Tangi Crawford, Perry Andelin Blake

Producer

Bill Gerber, Hunt Lowry, Casey La Scala, Pandora Film, Gaylord Films, 900 Films, Warner Bros.