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.

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.

Flyin' Ryan is the worst movie i have ever watched. I go to the video store everyday but this time i wanted to get a crap movie. Well this movie made me want to crap. If there is an award for worst movie ever made i would vote this movie.

What type of bully calls a kid carrot head? And since when is the short fat kid that doesn't even skateboard become the head of the gang. The acting is horrible and had way to over dramatic eyebrow movement. I like to make crap movies in my free time and all my movies compared to this are blockbusters!

The sense of logic in this movie is awful. So your dad throws away your toy. That immediately makes you go destroy a kids house and steal his dog, then sell it for 10 bucks. Not only this but they say the dog is going be a guard dog. Yes because when break into a abandoned rundown gold mine I'm going to flee the scene from a dog the size of a squirrel. The green screen effect is awful and when he dives down 400 feet which in reality would almost kill him all he says is "Whoa." And what kind of guard stands there while a kid ties a rope to a bar and then slides down the rope. the flying is the most realistic when you see the rope he is sliding on for the record ET is like a jet plane compared to this little annoying kid that won't shut up. If you watch this movie when you are done take a shower and burn your clothes.

"Flyin' Ryan" has captured the hearts and attention of my children (ages 5 and 7 years), and as a mom, I couldn't be happier! Finally, a wholesome, magical movie where the good guy wins by standing up for what he believes in.

I fell in love with the character of Ryan, who is about the nicest, most authentic kid you're going to meet on screen. (Who is this Andy Weiss? He reminds me of a young Ron Howard). Of course he gets harassed by the local bully, Dirk Cooper and his skateboarding gang of middle-school thugs who so typically just want to give Ryan a hard time.

I love the way Ryan gains his confidence throughout the movie to finally face the bully, and by doing so, is able to fly on his magical pair of heeleys. He flies over the entire town, a beautiful lake (that was well photographed) AND a beautiful girl, Nicki, who becomes Ryan's new best friend. How nice that they can share a genuine, wholesome friendship and actually LIKE each other without all the implied sexuality and romance you usually see in movies.

This movie gets back to the basics for me and touches on many core values: good wins over evil, faith over fear, integrity over deceitfulness, and as the theme song states, "just believe". By believing, Ryan takes a great step of courage and a huge leap into the air when he goes flying off to rescue his dog and stand up to the bully. Granted, the special effects may look less than spectacular compared to the major motion pictures, but for my kids, Ryan is their hero, and he flies high above those bigger-budget movies.

I highly recommend this movie for young children who want to believe again...in magic, in flying, and ultimately, in themselves!

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.