Roll Bounce is one of those films that when you first see the trailer you think to yourself “are they serious??? Is this a joke or a real movie?” It wasn’t until I saw the Roll Bounce ad 3 times until I knew it was for real. How sad.
Roll Bounce looks like it borders on the utterly ridiculous to say the least. However, sometimes books can’t be judge by their covers (although 75% of the time they can) and as the early Roll Bounce reviews come floating in, it would appear some of the critics actually liked it. Not many of them… but some of them. Here’s what a bunch of them had to say:
“Nothing about this film is as cathartic as it tries to make itself because the characters just aren’t that absorbing. Instead of tugging your heart, it just spits in your eye.”
Michael Ferraro, FILM THREAT“Bounce doesn’t depart from the inspirational coming-of-age formula. But it has got enough heart and disco-fever exuberance to connect with audiences open to its feel-good mash-up of spoof and earnest saga.”
Sheri Linden, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER“Roll Bounce spins an endearing but wildly uneven coming-of-age drama set against the popular ’70s phenomenon of ‘jam skating.'”
Justin Chang, VARIETY
Meh… so there you have it. Roll Bounce reviews certainly aren’t looking as horrible as House Of Wax. As of right now Roll Bounce is carrying a 57% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Not high enough to get me over my initial distaste for it. I think I’ll skip this one.
