Movie

Hardflip

2012 · 114 min

A sincere, easy-going family drama that mixes skateboarding scenes with emotional struggles and a search for belonging.

Tagline: What do you do when your life does a 180?
Overview: Caleb is a young skater whose ill mother and absent father leave him reaching for the only hope he has...becoming a sponsored skater. After finding a stack of old love letters, he sets out to find the father he never knew and inadvertently begins a journey he never could have expected.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic and uplifting. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Family, grief, coming-of-age, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
coming-of-age
identity
redemption
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild