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Grind (2003)

Grind poster
Directed by
Casey La Scala
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 160 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four teenage skateboarders drive from Chicago to California to meet their idol and try to get sponsored. They get into goofy situations along the way.

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What happens

Grind is a 2003 American sports comedy film directed by Casey La Scala, written and composed by record producer Ralph Sall and starring Mike Vogel, Vince Vieluf, Adam Brody and Joey Kern as four teenage aspiring amateur skateboarders on a road trip from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California in an attempt to get noticed by pro skateboarding legend, Jimmy Wilson, and get skateboarding sponsorships. The film received negative reviews from film critics and a box-office bomb, grossing $5.1 million against the budget of $6 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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