2018 · drama · comedy · coming-of-age
Skate Kitchen
Directed by Crystal Moselle1h 46m2018
Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well as her inner self.
Our read: Skate Kitchen (2018) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · comedy · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- intimate
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