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Skateland: Film Review

8:30 PM PDT 10/14/2010 by Kirk Honeycutt, AP

"Skateland" is every coming-of-age-after-high-school movie you've ever seen with a formulaic plot and well-worn characters.

PARK CITY -- The Sundance Film Festival this year is pitching itself as the place where filmmakers can renew the rebellion against the expected and proudly give birth to brave new ideas. So what's Skateland doing in the Dramatic Competition? For an indie film, it's very well made, even rather slick, in fact. But what a thoroughly conventional movie it is. Skateland is every coming-of-age-after-high-school movie you've ever seen with a formulaic plot and well-worn characters.

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