Product Description

ROLL BOUNCE is the freshest, funkiest, coming-of-age comedy on wheels! It's the late '70s when roller skating to soul tunes and disco was a way of life for teen skater Xavier (Bow Wow) and his pals. But when their local rink closes, "X" and his crew must pull together as a team to try and win big money at a rival rink's Roller Jam skate off!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40688 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-12-13
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 111 minutes

Amazon.com
Could anything be more charming than a movie about five boys in the 1970s who aspire to nothing more than to be kings of the roller rink floor? Rapper/actor Bow Wow, no longer Li'l, takes a step towards adulthood as X (short for Xavier), a teenager grappling with the loss of his mother and finding his identity on wheels. Though Roll Bounce culminates in a skating contest, the path it takes is loose and rambling--which is its strength. Rather than building inexorably to the big contest, Roll Bounce takes time to explore its world--the camaraderie of X and his pals, the struggles of his father (Chi McBride, I, Robot) to find a job--without wallowing pointlessly in the ephemera of the '70s. The movie saves most of the skating spectacle for the end, but when it comes, it delivers; the characters have dance moves on skates most people couldn't do on their feet. Roll Bounce isn't going to change the history of cinema or is even particularly original, but it is enormously likable and heartfelt. The actors--including Khleo Thomas (Holes), Meagan Good (The Cookout), Nick Cannon (Drumline), Mike Epps (Next Friday), Charlie Murphy (King's Ransom), and Kellita Smith (The Bernie Mac Show)--are clearly enjoying themselves. That, combined with roller-skating razzle-dazzle, makes for a cheerful, infectious movie. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

Sweetness!!!!
I ordered this movie and it came within a few days, I've never had a problem out of Amazon. Anyway, I watched a "bootleg" copy. I enjoyed the movie so much that I purchased it. I am not here to tell you the entire plot of the movie but what I will say is that it was enjoyable from beginning to end. Bow Wow did a great acting job and for those of you who enjoy "old School" roller skating, you'll like this film. Thanks....and as always...YMMV. Neosoul06

Nice movie for the whole family
This is a very nice entertaining movie for the whole family to watch. I think that Bow Wow and all of the other young actors did very well. It was about of bunch of young kids in the 70's growing up and having fun, and standing by each other. Bow Wow's character is dealing with the death of his mother while going through growing pains. He enters a skating contest and tries to win for his mother.
The only fault that I found with this movie is the way that the teenagers didn't seem to know who the Bee Gees were. Now I know that during the 70's everybody knew who the Bee Gees were.

Not too shabby....
Very entertaining and even Bow Wow was good in this movie ..... it has alot of funny parts but the end battle was a bit long .... and I can clearly see that was not BoW Wow rippin' it like that .... but my kids like it and on a boring Saturday evening and nothing on tv we like to watch it.....