Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

This is probably one of my favorite movies of all time. I stumbled across Grind during a round of channel-surfing years ago, and even though the movies was halfway over, it was so hilarious that I decided to watch it to the end. After that, I had to see how the story started, so I went hunting for it on Amazon and bought it. To this day, I still pull it out at least three or four times a year when I need a good laugh. The funny parts stay as funny as they were the very first time I saw it, and that's saying a lot, because I've watched it dozens of times over the course of the years since it was a new movie. Even if you don't like skateboarding or know nothing about it, you'll enjoy this movie. And the cameos just make it that much better. This is the movie that first made me fall in love with Adam Brody and Jennifer Morrison, and as a result, I became a big fan of both Once Upon a Time and The O.C.

Grind is a film that will amuse its targeted audience and people who are just looking for silly escapism. Where's the harm in that? None, if that's what you're looking for, but those seeking out charm, wit, and style in their characters and plot will have to keep their head held high and continue to walk along the long road of film.I'm not a person who skateboards. I know many who do and see no problem with it. If I attempted to do some of the things I've seen my friends do I'd probably either be in a wheelchair or be boasting to everyone. Grind makes no subtle approach that it's a film for the skaters in the world. That's not to say that if you don't shred some rails at all you'll be lost, but for a regular patron the "cool" factor on the skating scenes wears thin after a while. I'll put it this way; they are delightfully repetitive.The story is slim, but efficient. A group of metal-heads want to venture out to Santa Monica to partake in a huge skateboarding event. They create a fake company named "Super Duper," and they hit the road. The group is made up of Eric (Vogel), Sweet Lou (Kern), Dustin (Brody), and Matt (Vieluf) who delivers the most laughs.Everyone in the film reaches the point of likability, but no one dares to break the stereotype of just some ol' skater punks. Everyone just works out of their gender and personality roles. Notice how I didn't say anything special about each of the boys. Because they're so vaguely similar it's hard to distinguish them apart sometimes.Much of the MTV Jackass crew make appearances throughout the film. Preston Lacy, Ehren McGhehey, Jason "Wee Man" Acuna, and Bam Margera are all seen in certain points of the film. They're like the sprinkles on top of a bland sundae. They harm absolutely nothing, but they're not a whole big part of the experience.The best scenes take place when the group doesn't feel the need to impress the camera with their skater lingo and just be themselves. While they release some of their inner-selves to us, they only give vague representations of what they should begin to unleash throughout the whole film. Not just parts few and far between. If these characters had shown more to their persona, it might've made for more of a coming-of-age story rather than just an all out party.Grind is charming with its amusement in itself and glistening in its innocence because it isn't trying to be bigger than it should. Take one look at the poster, and you know the film. I like how it isn't trying to hide anything from the viewer, but at the same time I don't like how it doesn't provide the viewer with enough character development to actually get familiar with them. Before many people jump all over me and say it isn't about that, stop and think. Would this film be more remembered and relatable to its audience if it developed some characters instead of caricatures? Starring: Mike Vogel, Adam Brody, Vince Vieluf, Joey Kern, Jennifer Morrison, Bam Margera, Jason "Wee Man" Acuna, Preston Lacy, and Ehren McGhehey. Directed by: Casey La Scala.

Prior to watching it, I was never expecting a great film, I knew it would be more along the lines of a teen comedy. However, I was expecting it to at least be a fun ride. Unfortunately, what would have been an average movie at best, turns out to be sub par. The key for a movie like grind to succeed is to not take itself seriously and provide laughs. Most of the jokes in the film provide a grin at best and maybe a few provide one or two out loud laughs during the entire film.My biggest complaint lies in its editing. The film at an hour and forty three minutes simply drags on. I would have liked it enough to maybe issue a five if it had been cut by about twenty minutes. The acting was not great, maybe not even good, but it was passable for the kind of film it was.The cast was alright, but a few were not suited for the roles they played. Jennifer Morrison, whom I enjoy in house, just did not convince me as a female skater. Adam Brody's part was well casted, but it seems like it was just a rehash of Seth on the OC. Randy Quaid's cameo was fairly unnecessary, the character could have been played by anyone, and I think no one would have noticed. On the other hand, Stephen Root's cameo was one of the brighter spots of the film. Chris McDonald played the same kind of role he usually does, only he didn't really seem to try this time.The direction is hard to judge. I can't exactly blame the acting on the director because I don't know if it was the actors inexperience, or the script that was at fault. The shots were somewhat uninspiring, in the sense that they could be found in any MTV style movie. There wasn't one quality that set this one apart from the rest of the pack. For the writing to have been good, it would have needed to not rely on stereotypes and clichés found in every movie geared toward teens. I'd have a hard time even recommending this one for a rental.

i didn't like this movie at all this is a week low budget movie without an original plot the only thing that was maybe good is the songs but only few i mean this movie is really for someone who is bored to death or something and the cast is the worse thing about it i really have no idea about who gave the money for that movie or why really don't its like one of those movies like batman and robin that should have never been released and the lines and what they say i mean god lord what was writer thinking about basically this movie is very very very very weak and BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and a really would NOT recommend people to watch it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!