Reviews

This is a feel-good movie that actually makes sense. Chris' regression to his final days in Jersey when he is stuck there are amazingly well portrayed. I don't think anyone has gone to their parents' home after being away for a long time without having some kind of regression to the normal life in that house. All the events that unfold, though belonging in the feel-good movie handbook, add to the plot, they are not just funny interventions. Ryan Reynolds does an amazing job playing ex-fatty.

Chris Marquette is great. I absolutely loved the fights between the brothers!

I decided to watch this movie because I like Emma Roberts (as an actress) and, since I'm a fan of Gossip Girl I wanted to see Chace Crawford in a movie.

The first 15 minutes seem to last over an hour, the introduction of characters (which surprisingly goes on throughout the movie) though necessary seemed insufficient, it made me feel as though the narrator should have told me more, or it would've been better if he hadn't said anything, because by the end I still felt that I was missing information, closure on some of the sub-plots. I was not aware this movie was based on a book, but it certainly explains a lot.

Also, if you have seen "Black and White", there seem to be some similarities, the whole mash-up of rich kids, drugs, sex and guns.

It seems this story has already been told, several times and, although at least this movie does have a sort of conclusion plus the fact that white Mike is sober, does give it sum points. Molly's conclusion about Mike's control over the situation is actually pretty good, and makes sense.

I saw this movie by mistake, I was looking for Añpha Dog and ended up with this one instead but it was a very pleasant surprise.

I learned, through my many film-maniac years, that if a movie is "based on a true story" it means the names of actual people have been included in a very incredible -and I mean this literally- story, loosely based on their actual lives (or periods of it). They try the put the most important facts into one quick concocted story, no paying attention to the connecting items of the story. 'Lord of Dogtown' differs immensely from that, I cannot but praise it. Most movies need a narrator to express the feelings you can see in this story and through the boys' acting. The story is understood in its whole sense; from the boys desire to have fun to the actual need to accomplish something.

This movie can be recommended above all because of the story itself, whether or not it's the ACTUAL story.