The read
A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 1,946 2010s documentary movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A searing account of what happens when raw talent and extreme personalities collide. In this unflinching, never-before-seen account of drugs and the dark side of professional skateboarding, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas' intense bond and charisma take them from the pinnacle of their sport into a spiraling world of self-destruction.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
65 audience votes
Key crew
- Eddie MartinDirector
- Eddie MartinWriter
- Jed KurzelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tas PappasSelf
- Ben PappasSelf
- Tommy CaudillSelf
- Lance ConklinSelf
- Dom KekichSelf
- Danny MinnickSelf
- Tony HawkSelf (archive footage)
- Steve-OSelf (archive footage)
- Daryl SomersSelf (archive footage)
Themes
drug abuseskateboarding