Mid90s Reviews

I wasn’t really sure what to  expect from this flick but since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this flick, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, following the already amazing ‘Minding the Gap’, it turned out to be another really solid feature dealing with skaters also released in 2018. Seriously, it definitely turned out to be a nice surprise, especially coming from Jonah Hill. I mean, I always thought the guy was a decent actor but, apparently, he could also become a really interesting director. Of course, it was pretty neat that I was about the same age of the main character while I was growing up in the 90’s but the whole thing went just way beyond some nostalgic trip. Indeed, the joy experienced by the main character after finally joining a motley crew of kindred spirits looking amazingly cool to him, even if it might be fuelling his destructive personality, was highly recognizable. Hell, even the way he met his first girl was pretty much EXACTLY how I met my first girl (indeed, when I was 14 years old, my big sister was throwing a party and I hooked up with one of her friends who was 18 years at the time). On top of that, the characters were very well written and so well played by a bunch of mostly first-timers. The only exception would be Lucas Edges who I saw already twice during the previous weeks (in ‘Lady Bird’ and in ‘Three Billboards…’ but also in ‘Manchester by the Sea’) and the guy is quickly turning into one of the most interesting actors of his generation. It’s too bad that the tension in his family was not more developed though. I mean, the mother made a huge scandal because her son was hanging out with some skaters but there was never a mention of the fact that her older son was beating the shit out of him on a regular basis. Anyway, a bigger issue was probably the fact that, at the end of day, the whole thing was fairly generic and predictable but I still think it was an impressive directing debut and the damned thing is definitely worth a look.