Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 09/23/2005(USA)
Release Date: 12/13/2005
SubTitles: Espanol/English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 111 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Watch With Your Kids
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
A handful of inner-city kids move up to the big time in this teen-centric
musical.
Xavier Smith (
Bow Wow), known to his friends as
X, is a teenager growing up on the South Side of Chicago in the late '70s.
X and his buddies are the hotshot skaters at the Palisades Gardens, a neighborhood roller rink where local kids roll to the latest
disco sounds, but
X loses his status as king of the hill when the Palisades closes down. With no skating action close by,
X and his friends head uptown to the Sweetwater Roller Rink, where they feel like country mice in the big city among the expert skate dancers and beautiful women. But skating means a lot to
X -- with his widower father,
Curtis (
Chi McBride) going through a bad patch, skating gives him a sense of accomplishment and a belief in his own talent. So
X and company keep heading uptown to Sweetwater, where they prepare to take on
Sweetness (
Wesley Jonathan) and his crew of the rink's best dancers for the upcoming Roller Jam Skate-Off.
X befriends a young local girl named
Tori (
Jurnee Smolett) and finds a good reason to go uptown when he meets a pretty skater girl,
Naomi (
Meagan Good). Meanwhile,
Tori's mother,
Vivian (
Kellita Smith) takes an interest in
Curtis. Featuring a score of classic '70s
R&B and
disco,
Roll Bounce was directed by
Malcolm D. Lee, who enjoyed a breakthrough hit with 2002's
Undercover Brother.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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