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Plot summary
In the summer of 1978 in Chicago, Xavier and his skating crew, Junior, Boo, Naps and Mixed Mike, lose their neighborhood rink, the Palisade Garden, when it closes. With their new neighbor Tori along, they move to Sweetwater, an uptown rink where five-time contest champion Sweetness and his crew mock them. The boys enter the end-of-summer contest to earn their place there, though their skating is modest next to the trick skaters around them. At home, Xavier's relationship with his father Curtis is strained; Curtis, raising him and his sister Sonya after their mother's death, wants him doing chores instead of skating. Xavier also runs into Naomi, an old crush.
Cast
- Busisiwe Irvinas Sonya
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Roll Bounce (2005)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The name of the film is derived from the 1979 song "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" by Vaughan Mason & Crew, which also turns up on the soundtrack.
- Fox Searchlight Pictures released Roll Bounce on September 23, 2005; it received mixed to positive reviews from critics and grossed $17.5 million against a $10 million budget.
