Rad

Rad (1986)

  • 0% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 89% of users liked it
    (6,510 ratings)

This film's for the BMX bike racers of the world. A small town is out to raise funds by building a BMX racetrack and sponsoring a major race. They sponsor their own small-town hero Cru (Bill Allen) who's up against the big-monied sponsor's champion Bart Taylor (played by Olympic… More

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PG,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Mar 21, 1986 Wide
Nelson Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Wilmington, Los Angeles Times

    The whole thing reminds you more of an overanxious teacher or coach, taking a few slang words and repeating them endlessly in a doomed attempt to "relate."

  • Walter Goodman, New York Times

    The bicycle acrobatics behind the credits at the opening of Rad are so spectacular that you wonder what the movie can do to improve on them. The short answer is, nothing.

  • Robert Horton, HeraldNet

    Any film calling itself Rad had best be taken with a grain of salt, regardless of its subject matter. As it happens, the subject matter of Rad constitutes probably the dorkiest storyline we've seen this year.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Conner's screen debut is inauspicious -- to put it kindly -- in the quality of both his acting and the material chosen, and someone else is obviously doing his riding.

  • Adam Lippe, Examiner.com

    Rad fits so snugly into Needham's oeuvre that it's unclear whether the movie is an excuse for the 8 minute BMX montage that opens Rad or he's just lazy about setting up the slobs vs. snobs beats in his 30 year-old-teenagers in high school magnum opus.

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  • Leo L


    I remember this movie! Cheesy, but interesting.

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