Review of mid90s (2018) by Dawdlingpoet — 04 Mar 2022

This is very much a nostalgic film depicting somewhat streetwise adolescents living in a teenage skater culture during the mentioned 1990s. It has, unsurprisingly, quite an indie (hence niche, perhaps) feel to it but I like that it does have a good amount of energy present (its quite edge right at the end, where a fisheye lens is used, giving it an even stronger 1990s feel.

..if not perhaps a bit of an 80s feel to it, as skateboarding was perhaps more a 1980s 'thing'?) and the main character is well portrayed by a young actor called Sunny Suljic. I respected his characters determination to be accepted by the group of slightly older teens.

There's a lot of very strong language but not much violence and it probably mainly appeals to people who grew up in the 90s I'd imagine. I was roughly the same age as the adolescent boy (12 or 13) when the film was set (the mid 90s, of course), although I certainly didn't grow up in LA but I recognised/acknowledged certain aspects of the film.

Also this film reminded me a little of another film focussing on Skater life for teens, a film called Skate Kitchen. I'd recommend this but only for people who look back at the 90s with a feel of nostalgia.