It’s all formulaic, but Bow Wow is likable enough to make most of the movie tolerable. Besides, you may as well just give in, because you know there’s going to be a “Roll Bounce 2: Electric ...

"Roll Bounce" spins an endearing but wildly uneven coming-of-age drama set against the popular '70s phenomenon of "jam skating." Funky disco-era throwback never fully jells with a surprisingly ...

Rapper-turned-thespian Bow Wow (“Like Mike”) leads a charming cast of Hollywood newcomers and veterans in the flawed, but passable coming-of-age comedy “Roll Bounce.” The film, set during the ’70s ...

Growing up on the south side of Chicago in 1978, Xavier (Bow Wow) and his buddies struggle with family conflicts, while trying to maintain their boogying pride in the intimidating, predominantly white ...

Roll Bounce smartly recognizes that winning a big roller-skating contest won't solve any of this. It also recognizes that such an achievement can still mean a lot, particularly to a teenage kid ...

It's all formulaic, but Bow Wow is likable enough to make most of the movie tolerable. Besides, you may as well just give in, because you know there's going to be a "Roll Bounce 2: Electric Boogaloo." ...

Roll Bounce may indeed be better than its title suggests, but the shameless finale almost squanders all the good will built up by the first half of the film. Michael Hastings writes about film for ...

Roll Bounce is so achingly old-fashioned that one sometimes winces when it's obvious that there is not a single trace of irony. It tells the story of a group of roller-skaters in the late 1970s ...

If you had asked me two hours ago if roller disco was dead I would have told you yes, absolutely, dead as a doornail, no questions asked. Ask me again, now that I’ve seen Roll Bounce and I woul ...