Should you watch Minding the Gap?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Minding the Gap
Documentary · 2018
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
The sides of Minding the Gap
- Skateboarders filming each other in Rockford, Illinois
- A director turning the camera on his own family
- A young father struggling with his temper
Minding the Gap is good for you if…
- you like a friendship followed over more than a decade of skate footage.
- you want to watch boys become men, with all the mistakes that brings.
- you like a documentary where the filmmaker is part of the story.
Minding the Gap is bad for you if…
- you can't watch frank talk about domestic abuse and violent fathers.
- you came for skateboarding tricks and need more of them.
About: growing up · domestic violence · friendship · fatherhood
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