Mid90s
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Original title | Mid90s |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2018 |
length | 85 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Jonah Hill |
script | Jonah Hill |
production |
Eli Bush , Scott Rudin , Jonah Hill, Ken Kao , Lila Yacoub |
music |
Trent Reznor , Atticus Ross |
camera | Christopher Blauvelt |
cut | Nick Houy |
occupation | |
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Mid90s is an American skater and coming-of-age film that premiered on September 9, 2018 at the Toronto International Film Festival . After several short films, it marks the directorial debut of the two-time Oscar- nominated actor Jonah Hill in a full-length feature film. On February 10, 2019, the film was shown for the first time in Germany in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival . The cinema release in Germany was on March 7, 2019.
action
13-year-old Stevie grew up in Los Angeles in the 1990s. He lives with his older brother Ian with his single mother Dabney, but he has no real friends. On the one hand he looks up to Ian and is fascinated by his room, clothes and the collection of mixtapes, on the other hand the two often quarrel and Stevie is regularly beaten by Ian. Stevie's present for his 18th birthday is therefore ignored.
One day Stevie sees a group of skaters on the street and begins to take an interest in the sport. For the next few weeks, he secretly listens to them when they hang out and fool around in a skater shop. He gets a skateboard from Ian, with which he continues to practice diligently. During another visit to the skater shop, Stevie comes into contact with Ruben and thus finally finds access to the group, from which he is quickly nicknamed Sunburn. In addition to Ruben, there is also the African American Ray, who both Stevie and Ruben consider the coolest of the boys. Then there is the long-haired, blond boy who always says “Fuck Shit” after his skate tricks and is therefore also called that by the others, and Fourth Grade, who got his name because he is just as smart as a fourth grader. Fourth Grade would like to be a filmmaker; the boys' activities and tricks are therefore recorded on video with a handheld camera.
A whole new life begins for Stevie. The five buddies are now skating together in forbidden places, smoking and fighting words with a security guard. When Stevie goes home, he changes his clothes and rinses his mouth so his mother doesn't notice he smoked. Through his new friends, Stevie gains self-confidence and also learns to assert himself against his brother, from whom he has only been beaten in his life so far. When Ian sees him together with the skateboard group and is verbally attacked by Fuckshit, he withdraws and shies away from confrontation, which is otherwise not his style. This experience feels like a triumph over his common brother for Stevie. The group is also present when Stevie has his first sexual experience with a girl at a party and is mighty proud. Over time, however, Ruben watches more and more morosely how quickly Stevie develops and how much attention the other group members pay him.
Stevie's changes did not go unnoticed by his mother either, and he was increasingly rebelling against his family. Sometimes he comes home late, sometimes he gets drunk with his friends. When his head injured after a daring jump while skating, his mother pays his new friends a visit to the skate shop and tries to forbid them to interact with Stevie. The friends make fun of the mother's zeal. Stevie also rebels against her and no longer drives home with her.
With these new problems, Stevie finds his life bad and unjust and talks to Ray about it. But the latter explains to him that everyone has to struggle with problems and explains the individual group members: Ray himself lost his little brother in a car accident, Fourth Grade is poor, Rubens mother is an alcoholic. Marked by his personal loss, Ray is now taking particularly good care of his young new friend. Meanwhile, Fuckshit, so far Ray's best friend, turns more and more to parties and drugs, which Ray doesn't approve of. Fuckshit, on the other hand, does not agree that Ray has more contact with skate professionals and feels left out. Stevie and Ruben also clash and fight. It seems like the group is starting to fall apart.
During a reckless drive with the completely drunk or drugged Fuckshit behind the wheel, there is an accident in which Stevie is injured. He wakes up in the hospital with his arm in a cast. His brother Ian sits next to him and his mother joins them too. When she sees in the waiting room of the hospital that Stevie's four friends have apparently been waiting there for a long time, overtired, she has an understanding and lets her visit Stevie in the hospital room. Fourth Grade plays a video for them there, which he had made in the last few weeks and which shows their moments together while skating.
production
The screenwriter and actor Jonah Hill made his directorial debut with the coming-of-age film. He also wrote the script. Hill received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for both his roles in Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). He himself does not play in the film.
The leading role of the 13-year-old Stevie was cast with the young actor Sunny Suljic , who in previous years had not been seen in smaller and larger roles in the films The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Don't Worry, Run Away . Oscar-nominated actor Lucas Hedges plays his big brother Ian, Katherine Waterston plays his mother Dabney. Skateboarder Na-kel Smith , who plays Ray in the film, made a name for himself as a fashion designer, rapper and songwriter before making his acting debut in Los Angeles.
Christopher Blauvelt acted as cameraman for the 16 mm film . The soundtrack is by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross . The soundtrack was released on October 19, 2018.
The film, produced by A24 and Waypoint Entertainment, premiered on September 9, 2018 as part of the Toronto International Film Festival . It was released in selected US cinemas on October 19, 2018. The German premiere took place on February 10, 2019 at the Berlinale . The theatrical release in Germany took place on March 7, 2019 in the distribution of MFA + Filmdistribution. The film has also been available on the Amazon Prime Video streaming service since July 12, 2019 . At the end of July 2019 it was shown at the Jerusalem Film Festival .
reception
Age rating
In the USA, the film received an R rating from the MPAA , which corresponds to a rating of 17 and over. In Germany, the film was approved by the FSK from the age of 12, but is allowed from the age of 6 when accompanied by parents. The statement of reasons for the release states: “Some violent and dramatic scenes as well as the sometimes vulgar, sexualised language can irritate and overwhelm children under the age of 12. 12-year-olds are able to assign these aspects to the context as well as to the characters depicted. ”It goes on to say that the positive mood and the emphasis on friendship and solidarity offer sufficient emotional support from 12-year-olds.
The film critic Antje Wessels explains that anyone who decides to buy a cinema ticket must know that Mid90s is a declaration of love for the 1990s. Even if not much happens in the 85 minutes of the film, after just a few minutes you feel embraced by a group of young adults who played their way into the hearts of the audience completely free of any figure conventions and just felt real. The young protagonists are rebellious, naive people who by no means act correctly in every situation, but the makers never forced the teens' lifestyle as a problem and never made the milieu something abysmal. The first sexual experiences on the one hand, on the other hand, also include the first consumption of intoxicants, as well as partying nights, continues Wessels: “Hill lets his protagonists experience in front of the camera everything that young people of their age in Especially at that time, in their years of growing up. "
Reviews
So far, the film has convinced 81 percent of the 215 critics listed on Rotten Tomatoes and received an average rating of 7.1 out of a possible 10 points.
The film has a decisive advantage over the majority of conventional teen films , praised Jonas Lages in his positive review in the Berliner Tagesspiegel : “Jonah Hill remembers what it is like to be young. And he knows what skating means. […] The way all of this is put into a 4: 3 picture in its nostalgic naturalism is as close to being young as cinema rarely manages with its means. ”The film succeeds in being timeless and absolutely time-specific at the same time . “Because as the title suggests, the Mid90s is also about an era and its attitude towards life. […] The signs of the times are not dead decor, but woven into the texture of the film - be it the girl's T-shirt or a track from A Tribe Called Quest . Jonah Hill understands the meaningful value of pop culture, skating and hip-hop. "
Christian Hein explains in epd Film's Berlinale blog that Jonah Hill clearly criticizes antiquated gender images in his film, which in some people's minds did not yet seem extinct: “That goes as far as the advice to omit the word 'thank you', that is 'Gay'. Women are 'bitches' and boasting about party conquests the benchmark for mutual respect in the group. ”The film is a declaration of love for the skateboarding scene of the 1990s, for hanging out, at house parties with cheap beer from 40 oz bottles and to the freedom of Los Angeles' backyard skate parks. "Hill's film also pays tribute to the popular scene of self-produced skate videos with a final sequence filmed in typical fisheye optics."
Julian Hanich writes in Filmbulletin , Mid90s show the hierarchies, rivalries and jealousies of teenage groups , although the rigors of exclusion are cushioned somewhat too gentle ". The film is limited to the male perspective - female characters play only at the edge of a role," Hill hear it very precisely, and a fascinating part of the texture of this film is the muddled verbal poses, which also contain homophobic and misogynistic sayings in the service of its subculture authenticity effect. Where the questionable form of the masculinity of the five boys leads later, the viewer does not find out, so Hanich.
Use in school lessons
The online portal kinofenster.de recommends Mid90s for the subjects German , ethics , social studies / community studies and music and offers materials for the film for the classroom.
Awards (selection)
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2019
- Nomination for Best Young Actor (Sunny Suljic)
Independent Spirit Awards 2019
- Nomination for Best Editing ( Nick Houy )
synchronization
The German synchronization was based on the dialogue direction and a dialogue script by Raphael Wujanz on behalf of Metz-Neun Synchron Studio- und Verlags GmbH in Offenbach am Main .
actor | Voice actor | role |
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Katherine Waterston | Yvonne Greitzke | Dabney |
Alexa Demie | Fabienne Hesse | Estee |
Ryder McLaughlin | Cedric Eich | Fourth grade |
Olan Prenatt | Benjamin pride | Fuckshit |
Lucas Hedges | Marco Sven Reinbold | Ian |
Na-kel Smith | Ricardo Richter | Ray |
Gio Galicia | Oskar Hansch | Ruben |
Sunny Suljic | Leo Amic | Stevie |
Liana Perlich | Julia Bautz | Teresa |
Web links
- Mid90s in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mid90s in the German dubbing file
- Mid90s - Official Trailer from A24 on Youtube (Video, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Mid90s . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 186754 / K).
- ↑ a b Berlinale: “MID90s” shows growing up between drugs and skateboards. In: TV Movie, January 18, 2019.
- ↑ Mid90s. In: moviepilot.de. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ↑ Mid90s. In: Catalog International Film Festival Berlin 2019. Retrieved on February 9, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.slashfilm.com/mid90s-soundtrack/
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/Trent-Reznor-Atticus-Ross-Mid90s-Original-Music-From-The-Motion-Picture/release/12684280
- ↑ Sabine Tobias: News on Amazon Prime Video: All series and films in July. In: netzwelt.de. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
- ↑ Mid90s. In: jff.org.il. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Reasons for approval for Mid90s . In: Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ↑ Antje Wessels: Mid90s. In: wessels-filmkritik.com, March 4, 2019, accessed on March 7, 2019.
- ↑ Mid90s. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ↑ Jonas Lages: Boards that mean the world. In: Der Tagesspiegel. February 10, 2019, accessed February 11, 2019 .
- ^ Christian Hein: Panorama: "Mid90s". In: epd Film, February 11, 2019.
- ↑ Julian Hanich: Mid90s. In: Filmbulletin - Cinema at eye level, print edition 2/2019, April 15, 2019.
- ↑ Mid90s. In: kinofenster.de. Retrieved March 22, 2019.