Mid90s

 Mid90s 2018

• Director: Jonah Hill
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges, Na-Kel Smith, Olan Prenatt, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Alexa Demie
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Sunny Suljic – The House with the Clocks in Its Walls
• Katherine Waterston – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Taking Woodstock
• Lucas Hedges – Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri, Ladybird, Manchester by the Sea, The Zero Theorem, Moonrise Kingdom, Dan in Real Life
• Why? Great reviews with lots of *s
• Seen: 16 January 2022      

       Young Stevie (Suljic) has a violent and bullying brother (Hedges) and a mother (Waterson) he doesn’t get on with. He’s alone until he eases into a gang of teenaged skateboarders. He’s eager to belong but he skates very badly. Poor Stevie is just a naïve little kid, but he loves this new world.

       But there’s trouble in this Skateboard Paradise. Each of the kids has problems of his own. Leader Ray (Smith) tries to take care of them, especially Stevie.

       It’s a good coming-of-age films. The kids are terrific. 

4* of 5.