Flyin' Ryan

This is simply the most God awful garbage I have ever seen. I might deem myself an expert on Flyin Ryan, for I have seen it more than thirty times. The story is about a kid who moves to the middle of no where, for no reason, and gets picked on immediately by this chubby no good kid named Dirk (and his skateboard crew). Ryan gets chased by him, which leads to one of the best chase scenes ever created (yes, even better than Bullet) which involves moon physics, tennis balls, a karate teacher jumping over a moving motorcycle, dune-buggies, and, lets not forget most importantly, RYAN CAN FLY BECAUSE OF HIS MAGIC SHOES. Ah yes, this movie was completely funded by Heelies®, the shoe company as seen throughout the movie. But this movie, on Paper looks terribly exciting. Unfortunately, with a mere $300, and a video camera, you reading this could have made a better movie. None of the actors featured in this cinema have gone on to be in any movies since, and if they haven't committed suicide yet, they will within the next five years. This movie is the real reason why Siskel from Siskel & Ebert died.

FLYIN' RYAN is awesome. Every kid wants to fly, especially when the bullies are after him. In this movie, Ryan (a red-haired kid) moves with his mom up to a country house owned by his great aunt. The house might be haunted. At least that is what Ryan's crazy old great aunt thinks.

But haunted houses don't bother Ryan as much as the group of local skateboard bullies. The lead of the bullies, Dirk, is a tough, but funny, short kid.

Dirk has it out for the new kid and he and his buddies hassle him and push him into the lake. A local girl, Nicki (she's really cute) becomes Ryan's friend.

When Dirk steals Ryan's dog. Ryan has to fly over the lake and rescue the dog at the goldmine.

THE GOLDMINE is AWESOME.

Funny and filmed in a small town with lots of animals, Flyin' Ryan is great for kids.

Funny movie, when drunk... The acting was awful and so was the screen play. The only good part in the whole 84 minute movie was the 10 seconds of the Karate guy jumping over a random motorcycle. The movie was distasteful and was a complete disaster. I would never let my child watch this movie. This movie was a bomb. For a movie called "Flyin' Ryan" he doesn't do a whole lot of flying. There was ass grabbing..... enough said... and a creepy hermit dog.. There where so many scenes in this movie that had nothing to do with anything that the movie was supposedly about. Ducks biting each other? THe same shot of the same deer every twenty minutes? No wonder none of the actors have been in any other movies.. except for the motorcyclist.. and hes a stunt guy. Sad and depressing as it was.. it did make me laugh quite a bit. But other than that.. god this movie was pretty sad. It wasn't something that humanity should be exposed to.

This movie was filmed in and around my hometown of Kelseyville, CA (small farming community with around 4K people). To the points that many of these actors were terrible and had no experience... well, yeah. They went around and wrangled kids from the high school and asked if they wanted to be in a movie, or so my friends in the movie told me. What high schooler would turn down being in a movie? It was a great way to save money, a terrible way to make a movie. Reading through the cast list brought back some nostalgia but that was probably the most entertainment I got from the movie in any serious capacity. It's a great late night movie to drink and laugh at.

All the criticisms from other reviews are completely valid. It's a terrible movie. It's great entertainment. I'll give it 4 stars because someone went out there and made something despite painfully obvious budgetary limitations.

A delightful and insightful film that will enthrall children of all ages. I watched this wonderful flick with my daughter Hayley and she couldn't look away or stop giggling. I've lost count of how many times she re-watched the dvd since we first brought it home. Rarely does a small independent film touch the heart as well as FLYIN RYAN. Set in a small town filled with great kids and funny animals, the fantastic story is almost universal and will engage even the youngest of viewers. And it's so rare to find a children's movie that doesn't speak down to them or cater to baser interests with off-color jokes. I totally recomend this beautiful warm-hearted picture to everyone and their families.