3/4  See It
Heath Ledger gives an outstanding performance. This movie could have been terrible but it was far from it. I was really interested in each character. I love the way they shot the film. The story kept me involved the entire time. It is very... (read full)

2/4  Lords of Dogtown
The best part of this movie is easily heath ledger, he nails skip's character and voice. Ledger's preformace saved this movie from being a lot worse. The beginning held promise, but the plot and thought slowly left throughout the movie. Th... (read full)

2/4  Likeable But Widely Uneven
I was debating whether to give this a three stars out of four because I really liked a lot of the elements that worked with this movie. For instance, I did buy who the characters were, where they lived, the time period, what they love doin... (read full)

3/4  Great for the Skateboard Enthusiast
I liked this movie a lot but I also am a huge fan of skateboarding and found the story of the origins of it very interesting. As for the acting and directing they are mediocre at best, although Heath Ledger is very good. If you are not a... (read full)

2.5/4  Lords of Dogtown Quick Review
Decent biopic of the early skateboard scene held aloft thanks to the late, great Heath Ledger who turns in the best performance. As others have said, the movie loses steam about halfway through. Still an interesting, if flawed film.

2.5/4  Lords of Dogtown Quick Review
Even if you don't like skateboarding I think you would like this film.

5/5 RAD film! Very accurate/historic portrayal of the 70's skate scene!
  by CQ DX (Ohio, USA)
WOW WOW WOW is all I have to say about this film! It portrayed a piece of Americana history so accurately and convincingly, it could have passed as a documentary (OK- not really, but you get the point). I'm 48 now, but I can clearly remember the skateboarding scene back in the 70's, since my brother and I were afficionados. Even back in the NYC area and Jersey, skateboarding caught on bigtime because of the media attention brought on by skate giants like Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta. I can remember the many skateboard shops that opened up, even in music/head shops or bicycle shops as a 'side business'. We then even built our own 'half pipes' in our backyards, and ate up every issue of 'Skateboarder' magazine. We found out where skateboard parks opened up, and had our parents drive us there (before we were old enough to get a driver's license). We pored over, and debated about Bahne, G&S, Alva, and Banzai boards. Ditto regarding which wheels and trucks were the best (I liked Bennett, Tracker, Red Rider, Green Alligator, and Bonez). I digress. Anywho, major kudos to all involved in making this highly entertaining film, and thank you for transporting us back to that era and subculture! GREAT JOB!

5/5 my son loved it
  by E.C. Wolf (Illinois)
I had ordered this movie for my son and he ahd already seen it and loved it. I also received the order rather quickly after I had placed the order, thank you for getting it to me so fast,

4/5 revisit your youth
  by Angela Orlowski (Detroit, Mich)
Movie made me feel like I was there. Main characters gave a great performance, in that I felt that they were the real people. The sets, props, clothing and stunts brought back many wonderful memories if you grew up in the 70's. Was also educational for younger skateboarders, to see who started it all.

5/5 Great Music in this Movie!
  by Theresa A. Andrew (Bargersville, IN)
This movie has great music from the 70's that I used to listen to, has a great story line, and the sound effects when they guys are skateboarding is really neat!

4/5 Catherine Hardwicke "get's it"
  by L. Lies (San Diego,CA)
I bought this movie, because I loved the direction Catherine Hardwicke provided in Twilight...I wanted to check out more of her work. I was not disappointed. She just "get's teenagers." She brought each character to life, and the photography was really fantastic. The young actors each brought so much to their characters, that I wanted to know and see more about the actors and the people they portrayed. Needless to say Heath Ledger was as always over the top in the restrained way, he brought to all of his roles.
I highly reccomend this movie to young and old.
I also would reccomend "Thirteen" another Catherine Hardwicke directed movie.