Critic Reviews

• Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

  Bleu remains one to watch, but only real fans will want to watch this.

• Mike Hale, New York Times

  Free Style is about motocross and stars Corbin Bleu of the Disney Channel repertory company, two facts that might lead you to expect a certain kind of film.

• Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

  You don't have to be a swooning teenage girl to be enamored of Free Style and its heartthrob actor Corbin Bleu.

• Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News

  As predictable and cliché as Free Style is, it moves along briskly enough and Bleu is compelling enough that it doesn't wear out its welcome.

• Kyle Smith, New York Post

  Bleu's cute-but-bland act flatlines in every scene of a movie with a script that is a perfect match for his abilities.

• Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

  The movie revels in that kind of good-natured, sitcom-style corniness.

• Amy Nicholson, Boxoffice Magazine

  A film Barack Obama would approve of screening for Sasha and Malia -- there's even a jab at private health insurers.

• S. Jhoanna Robledo, Common Sense Media

  Teen motocross fan aims big in well-meaning but so-so drama.

• Scott Tobias, AV Club

  Establishing some rooting interest in an underdog like Bleu's character is essential for movies like this, but not to the point where needless subplots about his mother's relationship with the local sheriff is more vital than putting rubber to dirt.

• Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion

  You can always while away the hour and a half playing 'Count the Cliches.' One wishes Bleu all the best, but on the evidence of this picture his career might be a lot shorter than his hair.

• Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

  Soft-peddled father issues, and race relations get coasted over like so much conveyor-belt product in director William Dear's oh-so-safe kids' romantic sports drama.

• Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

  For High School Musical fans unwaveringly devoted to Corbin Bleu, Free Style provides ample opportunity to swoon over the former East High basketballer's big floppy hair and Disney Channel-grade emoting.

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