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Roll Bounce (2005)
Director: Malcolm D Lee
Movie review
From Time Out New York
It's hard to wring much pathos out of lacing up skates; the noxious Xanadu (1980) retains a potent radioactive half-life. But Malcolm D. Lee's wan yet soulful valentine to jam skating, set in Chicago in the summer of 1978, boasts a much more charismatic lead than Olivia Newton-John: hip-hop heartthrob Bow Wow as Xavier, alias X, a good kid from the South Side who skates for his dead mama. When no one's on wheels clapping to Parliament, the film's effervescence fizzles. But it's easy to get lost in Lee's nostalgic haze.Author: MA
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Cast & crew
Director: Malcolm D Lee
Producer: Robert Teitel, George Tillman Jr
Cast: Lil Bow Wow, Chi McBride, Mike Epps, Wesley Jonathan, Kellita Smith, Meagan Good, Khleo Thomas, Nick Cannon full cast
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Romance
Duration: 107 mins
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