Supercross (2005)

Critic Reviews

• Christy Lemire, Associated Press

  You could see the same thing for free -- with higher production values and snappier dialogue -- watching X Games coverage on ESPN.

• Joshua Katzman, Chicago Reader

  Like the drive-in classics of Roger Corman and Samuel Z. Arkoff, this develops the principal characters and conflicts with just enough depth and keeps the narrative moving at a brisk pace.

• Matt Singer, Village Voice

  Director Steve Boyum, a former motocross driver, hacks his racing footage to incomprehensible pieces and, from the looks of the meager, jumpy narrative, did the same to the script.

• Lou Lumenick, New York Post

  The writing is abysmal, the acting wouldn't pass muster in a high school play, and the direction by erstwhile stuntman Steve Boyum (Timecop: The Berlin Decision) is positively sleep-inducing between cycle jumps.

• John Anderson, Newsday

  An example of how too much of anything will get annoying -- including VVRRRROOOOOOOMMM and flying bikes.

• Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail

  A lemon, running on empty from the starting line to the final flag.

• Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

  Finally, we get Supercross: The Movie, which basically fills in the holes Supercross: The Novel left behind.

• Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

  As a fetishized appropriation of the extreme sport of Supercross motorcycle racing, for a story about two different-but-similar racing brothers, "Supercross" succeeds in combining fast action with slow burn emotional fuses.

• Cynthia Fuchs, Common Sense Media

  This low-budget film is about race footage, not plot.

• Harry Haun, Film Journal International

  Mercifully, it's a mad dash to the final finish line.

• Jim Lane, Sacramento News & Review

  The cinematography has the cheap, washed-out look of old home movies, but director Steve Boyum provides some exciting race footage to pass the time.

• Keith Breese, Filmcritic.com

  Too bad the DVD doesn't just cut out all the exposition and plot and (yikes) the actors

• Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com

  Save your hate-mails, motorheads. I'm not knocking your favorite sport, just the amazingly brain-dead movie that it inspired.

• Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

  Was it too much for Fox Home Entertainment to include Daryl Hannah's deleted scenes on this DVD edition of Supercross?

• Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile

  Supercross has its charms for those who appreciate cinematic innocence, and as a love letter to its subject certainly registers as sincere.

• Scott Tobias, AV Club

  Only the most devoted MX fetishists could like the film, because it doesn't offer a scrap of nourishment for the uninitiated.

• Chris Carle, IGN Movies

  A short and frantic cookie cutter of a sports movie that will please fans of the sport, but probably won't bring more to the fray.

• Jonathan R. Perry, Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

  I've made bologna sandwiches that inspired more enthusiasm.

• Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle

  Part advertisement for Clear Channel's Supercross broadcasts and part hellish miscalculation on the part of the producers.

• Fred Topel, About.com

  When the first line of a movie is "My name is Trip Carlyle," you know you're in trouble. That sounds like a guy stuck in the '80s with a made up name.

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