Kicks

Essentially a devastating coming of age odyssey, and a morally complex one built on painful lessons, the gripping “Kicks” deconstructs the desire to be a man in contrast to what true manhood actually requires.

3052d ago

This is a beautiful film and a major directorial debut.

3052d ago

This is a beautiful film and a major directorial debut.

3052d ago

This is a beautiful film and a major directorial debut.

3052d ago

This is a beautiful film and a major directorial debut.

3052d ago

Teenage life in the East Bay neighborhood of Richmond, the setting of Justin Tipping’s promising debut feature film, “Kicks,” is so rough that it’s little wonder that the movie’s 15-year-old protagonist, Brandon (Jahking Guillory), fantasizes that he is watched over by an imaginary spaceman.

3052d ago

Teenage life in the East Bay neighborhood of Richmond, the setting of Justin Tipping’s promising debut feature film, “Kicks,” is so rough that it’s little wonder that the movie’s 15-year-old protagonist, Brandon (Jahking Guillory), fantasizes that he is watched over by an imaginary spaceman.

3052d ago

Teenage life in the East Bay neighborhood of Richmond, the setting of Justin Tipping’s promising debut feature film, “Kicks,” is so rough that it’s little wonder that the movie’s 15-year-old protagonist, Brandon (Jahking Guillory), fantasizes that he is watched over by an imaginary spaceman.

3052d ago

Teenage life in the East Bay neighborhood of Richmond, the setting of Justin Tipping’s promising debut feature film, “Kicks,” is so rough that it’s little wonder that the movie’s 15-year-old protagonist, Brandon (Jahking Guillory), fantasizes that he is watched over by an imaginary spaceman.

3052d ago

Characteristic of a debut, Kicks doesn’t always work. The story’s a little rough, its philosophies are muddled, and it over-relies on literal interpretations of character’s feelings. But Tipping is a fresh voice who has already established a great sense of atmosphere, and more importantly, he’s shown that he can tell stories about a more stereotypically black experience with nuance.

3052d ago

Characteristic of a debut, Kicks doesn’t always work. The story’s a little rough, its philosophies are muddled, and it over-relies on literal interpretations of character’s feelings. But Tipping is a fresh voice who has already established a great sense of atmosphere, and more importantly, he’s shown that he can tell stories about a more stereotypically black experience with nuance.

3052d ago

Characteristic of a debut, Kicks doesn’t always work. The story’s a little rough, its philosophies are muddled, and it over-relies on literal interpretations of character’s feelings. But Tipping is a fresh voice who has already established a great sense of atmosphere, and more importantly, he’s shown that he can tell stories about a more stereotypically black experience with nuance.

3052d ago

Characteristic of a debut, Kicks doesn’t always work. The story’s a little rough, its philosophies are muddled, and it over-relies on literal interpretations of character’s feelings. But Tipping is a fresh voice who has already established a great sense of atmosphere, and more importantly, he’s shown that he can tell stories about a more stereotypically black experience with nuance.

3052d ago

Don’t expect any joy in the grim pursuit of Kicks.

3052d ago

Brandon’s odyssey, filtered through Tipping’s lens, is at times funny, harrowing, and well, somewhat annoying (way too much slow-mo), but the talent here is clear.

3052d ago

Cool high-tops make and almost break the man in debuting director Justin Tipping's hip-hop-saturated revenge tale set amid the youth culture of the Bay Area.

3052d ago

A pair of vintage Air Jordans take the place of a bicycle in Justin Tipping’s “Kicks,” which updates De Sica’s post-war Rome for the modern day East Bay culture of sideshows and Mac Dre, following a California high school student across the urban expanse as he tries to recover his purloined shoes.

3052d ago

Cool high-tops make and almost break the man in debuting director Justin Tipping's hip-hop-saturated revenge tale set amid the youth culture of the Bay Area.

3052d ago

Brandon’s odyssey, filtered through Tipping’s lens, is at times funny, harrowing, and well, somewhat annoying (way too much slow-mo), but the talent here is clear.

3052d ago

Cool high-tops make and almost break the man in debuting director Justin Tipping's hip-hop-saturated revenge tale set amid the youth culture of the Bay Area.

3052d ago

Cool high-tops make and almost break the man in debuting director Justin Tipping's hip-hop-saturated revenge tale set amid the youth culture of the Bay Area.

3052d ago

Brandon’s odyssey, filtered through Tipping’s lens, is at times funny, harrowing, and well, somewhat annoying (way too much slow-mo), but the talent here is clear.

3052d ago

A pair of vintage Air Jordans take the place of a bicycle in Justin Tipping’s “Kicks,” which updates De Sica’s post-war Rome for the modern day East Bay culture of sideshows and Mac Dre, following a California high school student across the urban expanse as he tries to recover his purloined shoes.

3052d ago

Don’t expect any joy in the grim pursuit of Kicks.

3052d ago

A pair of vintage Air Jordans take the place of a bicycle in Justin Tipping’s “Kicks,” which updates De Sica’s post-war Rome for the modern day East Bay culture of sideshows and Mac Dre, following a California high school student across the urban expanse as he tries to recover his purloined shoes.

3052d ago

Don’t expect any joy in the grim pursuit of Kicks.

3052d ago

A pair of vintage Air Jordans take the place of a bicycle in Justin Tipping’s “Kicks,” which updates De Sica’s post-war Rome for the modern day East Bay culture of sideshows and Mac Dre, following a California high school student across the urban expanse as he tries to recover his purloined shoes.

3052d ago

Don’t expect any joy in the grim pursuit of Kicks.

3052d ago

Brandon’s odyssey, filtered through Tipping’s lens, is at times funny, harrowing, and well, somewhat annoying (way too much slow-mo), but the talent here is clear.

3052d ago

It's less notable for its originality than for how dynamically it blends a few styles that ultimately prove incompatible.

3052d ago

It's less notable for its originality than for how dynamically it blends a few styles that ultimately prove incompatible.

3052d ago

It's less notable for its originality than for how dynamically it blends a few styles that ultimately prove incompatible.

3052d ago

It's less notable for its originality than for how dynamically it blends a few styles that ultimately prove incompatible.

3052d ago

Kicks is gritty to the core, and its commitment to verisimilitude is its undoing. All of the characters are selfish, and their sense of loyalty is purely circumstantial.

3052d ago

Kicks is gritty to the core, and its commitment to verisimilitude is its undoing. All of the characters are selfish, and their sense of loyalty is purely circumstantial.

3052d ago

Kicks is gritty to the core, and its commitment to verisimilitude is its undoing. All of the characters are selfish, and their sense of loyalty is purely circumstantial.

3052d ago

Kicks is gritty to the core, and its commitment to verisimilitude is its undoing. All of the characters are selfish, and their sense of loyalty is purely circumstantial.

3052d ago