La fièvre du roller

Original title: Roll Bounce

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6.3/10

8.1K

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Coming-of-Age Comedy Drama Music Romance

In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink.In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink.In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

8.1K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total

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9jacksmom-1

Take your family!

In this world of violence and rage, I found this movie a nice return to a simpler time. I was 15 in 1978 and skated a few times a week. I wish the rink I went to was as fun as these, but the nostalgia was great. I see a lot of films that put me to sleep, this one left me feeling like dancing and skating! If you hate Nick Cannon, he's really not in the film much. I barely even recognized Bow Wow. I thought he did a good job in this film. My 13 year old daughter liked it, my 9 year old didn't really get it, but my husband and I loved the music and enjoyed this film very much. Give it a chance. It is for all ages and races. This is a nice little escape from the real world. Take it lightly and take it for what it is...just a bit of fun. Enjoy life for a couple of hours.

7imdbmerlyn

Brought back memories

Between 1978 and 1990, I spent ten hours a week on skates, and was part of a performing troupe for part of that. The soundtrack was great... many authentic songs. It's too bad the movie wasn't set a few years later instead of 78... I really would have enjoyed some Run-DMC and Daz Band and Gap Band in the mix.

And the moves were indeed real. I kept shuffling my feet as I watched, bringing back all that muscle memory. Alas, at age 43, my knees would snap in two if I tried any of those stunts today.

I cringed every time they showed some break dancing moves though. For a movie set in 1978, there shouldn't have been any break dancing moves at all, because that didn't make it to the roller floor until 82 or 83 or so, as it gained popularity outside the roller floor as well. Sure, there were spins and tricks and wiggle-waggle feet and moves from classic ballet-style roller dancing on the rollerdisco floor, but nobody jumped down and did headspin. Ick. Bad research!

8RecoWilliams

Great Family Fun (Roll, Bounce)

It is so refreshing to see a movie about blacks that is decent and wholesome. This movie Roll, Bounce which is set in the 70's during the prime era of disco and roller skating.

This movie deals with two major plot points. The first is that of a competitive spirit of class and will. When Bow Wow's (X), hometown roller rink is closed they have to go uptown to a more ritzy skating place knowing as "SweetWater" which the king of that rink is a very arrogant skater pimp named "Sweetness". You have the epic battle of good versus evil in a way with "X" vs "Sweetness". The movie also just looks at what a normal teenager would be engaged in in the 70's.

X and his friend have nice banter and playful dialogue with each other. The second major plot point is of that of X and his father, who lost their mother and wife respectively and each of them are trying to deal with it. It is a touching scene in the movie when they both clash heads over their idea of their dead loved one. That scene was very intense.

This movie is very clean and family friendly. It was a nice movie in which I wouldn't mine watching again. Hollywood need to make more movies like this that don't include sex scenes and bad language. Excellent Job. I give this movie and 8.

This is a must see!

spilledmarbles-1

Pretty good.

I think this movie was marketed wrong, when seeing the trailers I assumed the majority of the movie was about the roller skating, not quite enough to get me in to see it. In reality there are a lot of hearty story lines that attract you to the characters on an emotional level.

The Sweetness character is a hilarious disco stereotype and it couldn't have been played better.

I think a nod should be given to Bow Wow, who stands out as one of the few who crossover from singing to acting very well...especially for someone his age. Hopefully he plays some more serious roles and gains some more respect.

9candy_flesh

Exactly as Advertised!

We saw Roll Bounce this afternoon. It was exactly what I expected it to be. A predictable, exaggerated, silly, corny, inauthentic 70's nostalgia-fest.

We loved it! Seriously, it's probably in our top five for the year thus far. It was so much fun. Even the dramatic, serious moments were good and not laughable. My husband said afterwards he was thinking how funny it was that an emotional scene in an otherwise fluffy, insubstantial feel-good movie could evoke more feeling in him than all two hours of The Constant Gardener, for example.

Anyhow, we've both been a good mood ever since, we just had a great time at the movies. It was nice to see a good, clean, wholesome family movie that doesn't suck.

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Trivia
Ten percent of the movie's opening weekend gross was donated to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Goofs
The film, set in 1978, includes a lot of 1980s and 1990s slang.

Quotes
Byron: You know I don't like back tracking.
Victor: Yeah, we're highly opposed to backtracking.
Xavier 'X': My fault. Look, I'll just bring em out at night next time.
Byron: Bring 'em out at night? No, you ain't gonna just bring 'em out at night next time. What, so the German shepherd and the pit bull puppies could snatch the bag outta there and have empty diapers and cigarette wrappers and Snickers wrappers and Stayfree boxes laid all out in the middle of the street?
Victor: Yeah. Then the neighbors call in down to the plant complainin'. Talkin' about how we didn't do our job correctly.
Byron: And then we get complaints and warnings from our boss.
Victor: Then after the warning comes a demerit., And when you get to three demerits, you know what happens then?... A nigger lose his job! His house! His family! Get kicked out of church 'cause you no longer got money for the collection plate. They want you out. All because you bringin' out the garbage late.
Byron: That's right. And i'm tellin' you straight up, man, if i lose my job, man you're gonna put on a little Evel Knievel suit and sell some dimes and nicks on a Big Wheel. you're gonna get my money some kinda way!
Victor: Yea, Then, 'cause of our rock-hard bodies we developed from liftin' trash
Byron: Right.
Victor: We end up in the alley as prostitutes.
Byron: Righ...
Victor: [looks at Byron] Yeah, that's right! You too!
Byron: I don't know about all that.
Victor: Yeah it could happen. You end up in the alley with the shirt off, sweaty. Sellin'. Not for money! Just for a bite off the man's hamburger.
Byron: The point is we tryin' to make: Don't mess with the Department of Sanitation or you will come up dirty!

Connections
Features Soul Train (1971)

Soundtracks
Flash Light
Written by George Clinton (as George Clinton Jr.), Bernie Worrell (as Bernard S. Worrell) and Bootsy Collins (as William Earl Collins)
Performed by Parliament
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises