A title like Roll Bounce doesn’t inspire confidence. It sounds like some bizarre drug reference, or maybe a much-unwanted sequel to Booty Call, or a feature-length ad for a new fabric softener.

Teen pictures in which kids square off in a competition form a genre unto themselves, yet the warm and wise “Roll Bounce” confounds all expectations. Writer Norman Vance Jr. and director ...

The only thing surprising in "Roll Bounce" is that the funky glitter fashions and wall-to-wall disco ballads are neither campy nor played for nostalgia. Apparently there's a fresh generation ready ...