Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueBased on the award-winning best seller by Jess Mowry, "Way Past Cool" is a coming-of-age story told in reverse, for it is the story of a group of young black kids and their fight to reclaim ... Tout lireBased on the award-winning best seller by Jess Mowry, "Way Past Cool" is a coming-of-age story told in reverse, for it is the story of a group of young black kids and their fight to reclaim their childhood.Based on the award-winning best seller by Jess Mowry, "Way Past Cool" is a coming-of-age story told in reverse, for it is the story of a group of young black kids and their fight to reclaim their childhood.
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- Casting principal
Kareem R. Woods
- Danny
- (as Kareem Woods)
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The movie obviously gets corny at times, and it's a little over the top, but the film had a lot of heart. The characters all remind me of kids I grew up with in the suburbs, but they go through things my friends and I didn't because of their circumstances. It must have sat on the shelf for awhile because it's definitely from the 90's, but IMDB says 2000. It's like a mix of Stand By Me (1986) and Boyz n the Hood (1991).
When I was watching this movie, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. But, then they realized it wasn't my time and sent me back to my living room and made me watch this horrible movie to pay for my sins. Wow. After watching this movie I wished everyone in it would have died. In real life. This isn't the first gang movie i've seen with little kids, but c'mon, whole gangs with 8 year olds totin pistols? And the biggest baller is a 16-year old? And don't even get me started on the played out themes used over and over by these movie companies. Crooked cops, drive by's and all that good stuff.I mean, what was up with the little white kid actin' Jamaican? The bad acting at least was done by kids, so i guess that's a plus. Don't rent this movie unless your drunk and with a bunch of friends, or you might just want to kill yourself.
WAY PAST COOL (3 outta 5 stars)
I have mixed feelings about this movie. On the one hand it is an interesting story... with decent performances and it's certainly worth seeing. On the other hand, it is based on one of the most amazing books about contemporary "gang" life that I have ever read. So, what I like to pass on to anyone reading this review is: if you liked the movie at all... GO AND READ THE BOOK- IT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY! A lot of people seem not to like the movie because the main characters are all around 12 years old and some of their actions seem a little unbelievable. Well, part of the problem with this movie is that it can't really get into the characters of all of the the kids in only 90 minutes. On the plus side, most of the kids are pretty decent actors. (I think the little white Jamaican boy is a bit weak... but he's not THAT awful.) The kid playing Gordon is great... he's just the way I pictured him when I read the book. The older gangstas... Deek and Ty are pretty good actors, too. I'm not sure that the movie quite comes together as a whole... but it is well directed for the most part... with some really excellent scenes. (It might seem really hokey... but I really liked the scene with the rabbit in the hat near the end. Oh, and the scene where Markita takes Ty back to her place to see his son. And Ty's speech about his dad and the grape popsicles. Great stuff!) I wish I could be as excited about the movie as I was about the book (and practically every other book Jess Mowry has written)... but it's certainly an admirable effort anyway.
I have mixed feelings about this movie. On the one hand it is an interesting story... with decent performances and it's certainly worth seeing. On the other hand, it is based on one of the most amazing books about contemporary "gang" life that I have ever read. So, what I like to pass on to anyone reading this review is: if you liked the movie at all... GO AND READ THE BOOK- IT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY! A lot of people seem not to like the movie because the main characters are all around 12 years old and some of their actions seem a little unbelievable. Well, part of the problem with this movie is that it can't really get into the characters of all of the the kids in only 90 minutes. On the plus side, most of the kids are pretty decent actors. (I think the little white Jamaican boy is a bit weak... but he's not THAT awful.) The kid playing Gordon is great... he's just the way I pictured him when I read the book. The older gangstas... Deek and Ty are pretty good actors, too. I'm not sure that the movie quite comes together as a whole... but it is well directed for the most part... with some really excellent scenes. (It might seem really hokey... but I really liked the scene with the rabbit in the hat near the end. Oh, and the scene where Markita takes Ty back to her place to see his son. And Ty's speech about his dad and the grape popsicles. Great stuff!) I wish I could be as excited about the movie as I was about the book (and practically every other book Jess Mowry has written)... but it's certainly an admirable effort anyway.
I wasn't sure what this movie was trying to be. It was pretty contrived and hokey, with a bunch of melodramatic dialog and unbelievable situations. Also it relied too much on kids doing dramatic roles (and providing narration) but that's just not enough to carry an R-rated adult film. Also the background music was out of place. It's supposed to be a gritty urban thing (I guess) but there's piano and acoustic guitar and some guy singing hokey ballads for much of it.
The rest of the technical elements were well done -- the cinematography, camera angles and everything -- but it just didn't click for me. I'd give it two out of five stars.
The rest of the technical elements were well done -- the cinematography, camera angles and everything -- but it just didn't click for me. I'd give it two out of five stars.
You gotta be sh**ting me. Anyone that says these situations aren't believable is full of crap. This has a very interesting and different plot from most movies that are in the same genre. This gives insight from child's perspective and for me had a lot more thought provoking material than most movies.
Watching this movie brought back some childhood memories. i really enjoyed the music and dialog. If you haven't seen this movie. don't take these dip shits advice that this movie is horrible,horrendous,etc.
This is actually one of my favorite movies. To anyone that grew up poor or in a bad neighborhood would be able to appreciate this. I thought this was far better than Boyz N the hood but Hey thats just my opinion
Watching this movie brought back some childhood memories. i really enjoyed the music and dialog. If you haven't seen this movie. don't take these dip shits advice that this movie is horrible,horrendous,etc.
This is actually one of my favorite movies. To anyone that grew up poor or in a bad neighborhood would be able to appreciate this. I thought this was far better than Boyz N the hood but Hey thats just my opinion
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- Durée
- 1h 36min(96 min)
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- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1
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