Mid90s

This is a amazing ( but maybe a bit too short) movie about the lifestyle of a skater. Let me start off by saying, No you don't need to be a skater to like this movie. I personally was growing up, and this movie resonated with me like no other.

This film isn't one of those typical "900 on a mini ramp to win the championship" movies that skateboarding usually is depicted as in movies. This is a perfectly done setting, perfectly shown lifestyle of the behind the scenes of a skater. The substance abuse, the grind to get that ONE trick, the looking down from society. It's all there.

I see a lot of reviews that talk negative about the legitimacy of how young the kid is and how old the other kids are. Saying they would NEVER accept the kid at that age, saying the drugs, the alcohol isn't realistic, that simply isn't true. Many kids at my local park skate every day, look up to these older skaters and everyone accepts them because they are trying to do what every other skater is. I personally even used to hang with a kid who was much younger because he was on our level of skating, and now he's actually passed all of us. And touching on the subject of drugs..... Yes, iv seen many be influenced into drugs, fighting, drinking at such young ages. That movie shows that, it's not promoting it, it's just being realistic.

I HIGHLY recommend this to anyone who has any interest in skateboarding, and even as a normal viewer I still highly recommend.

Also I wanted to add, hats off to Jonah hill for picking such great talent from the skateboarding community to actually be casted and play the roles of these kids.

First off, the soundtrack is amazing. Second, the acting is superb. So good in fact, it actually feels like a documentary.

I grew up with the skater kids, and it was an honest portrayal. Often misfits and somewhat broken, but usually loyal and just searching for a place where they can fit in and escape from some of their problems in life. Very few writers and directors can portray human psychology accurately. Usually characters are just portrayed as good or evil, rather than a product of complex genetic and environmental conditioning with both a good side and a dark side. People are not born and raised on the same playing field in terms of health, love, wealth, support, intelligence, attractiveness and opportunities. Most try their best but often fail or make mistakes. As a result, judgement of others is absurd. This movie captures all of that beautifully.

Sunny Suljic is going to be a superstar. At age 13, he exudes both genuine kindness and humbleness, as well as being able to simultaneously convey an edgy darkside. He has already surpassed many actors 30 years his senior.

This movie was the 90's skate scene to a T. The music, a mix of punk, indie and hip hop, the clothes, baggy pants and 2XL tees, drugs, underage drinking, and of course street skating. If you were there, you know, if not you can experience a time that will never come back. Skating is not the outlaw thing you do to escape your sh!tty life anymore, it's city built skateparks and X games. That's why this film hits hard. Everyone who was around then had their crew and every crew had the jokester, the pro, the poor kid and the hanger-on who wasn't really good but a nice dude so you kept him. That's what Stevie is in this film and that's why you feel for him. Jonah Hill has made an authentic time capsule into the mid 90's that feels real and not forced.

Aside from a couple minor issues I had with this film, I loved it. It just felt incredibly real. I didn't feel like I was watching actors. I felt like I was watching the lives of these kids unfold, and that those lives would just continue unfolding even when the camera wasn't rolling.

Mid90s is Jonah Hill's love-letter and confronting examination of a decade we now look back upon with incomparable admiration and respect. It's got everything: skateboards, VCRs, Super Nintendo, Sony PlayStation, Ren and Stimpy t-shirts and gangsta-culture. It's a time-capsule movie that truly doesn't feel like it was made in 2018 at all: its setting and characters are that convincing in making us Belgrave we're back in the 90s. Sure it's not all sunshine-and-bunnies in the story: the main character suffers physical abuse from his older brother and his mother isn't the most accepting person on the planet, but the movie's exploration of camaraderie, sex and drugs and rock and roll, VidCam filmmaking, skateboards and no longer feeling like an outsider makes Mid90s quite the visual and story-based treat.

This film is a short and ridiculously sweet nostalgia trip for anyone wanting something simple, relatable and honest.