Bones Brigade: An Autobiography 2012

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: Gradually becomes an echo chamber of personal dramas and exploits, not to mention propulsive soundtrack cues - all within a sport already nursing a penchant for self-documentation. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: For anyone who's ever wanted to know how tricks like the "Olly" and the "McTwist" came to be, or how exactly Tony Hawk became a superstar, this movie is highly informative and even inspirational. Read more

Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter: Peralta's doc is a generous, tasty slice of skateboarding history. Read more

Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: Like a high school reunion, filled with affectionate memories of an earlier, more innocent, time. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: This film makes a great companion piece to Peralta's "Dogtown and Z-Boys,'' which leaves off where "Bones Brigades'' begins. Read more

Bruce Demara, Toronto Star: An exhaustive - no, make that exhausting - look at a team of young skateboarders ... Read more

David Fear, Time Out: No one is better suited to tell this story than Peralta, a documentarian who's both chronicled skating's evolution and contributed to it. Read more

Robert Koehler, Variety: Skate culture remains in solid hands with filmmaker Stacy Peralta, who fashions his most personal doc on the sport-cum-lifestyle. Read more

Nick Schager, Village Voice: The film risks self-importance, but when Peralta admits through tears just how much he loves his skater charges, it imparts what every parent knows ... Read more