Frothy, sentimental and thoroughly good-natured, Malcolm D. Lee's tale of coming-of-age at the roller disco doesn't have an original bone in its body, but it's as energetic, eager to please and endearing as a sloppy, wriggling puppy. Chicago, 1978: Newly motherless X (Bow Wow) — as in Xavier, not Malcolm — and his South Side friends Mike (Khleo Thomas), Junior (Brandon T. Jackson), Naps (Rick Gonzalez) and Boo (Marcus T. Paulk) intend to spend the summer at their local rink. But it closes down, and they're forced to venture over to Sweetwater's, a superswank North Side roller disco ruled by Sweetness (Wesley Jonathan), the very soul of sex on wheels, and his Lurex-cl...
Released:
2005
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
107 mins