Minding the Gap

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Minding the Gap

Released Aug 17, 2018

1h 33m

Documentary

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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.

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Critics Consensus

Minding the Gap draws on more than a decade of documentary footage to assemble a poignant picture of young American lives that resonates far beyond its onscreen subjects.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Though it runs just 93 minutes, this cinema-verite documentary by Bing Liu manages to feel like an epic.

Mar 24, 2020

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Hanna Flint

Time Out

It will warm your heart but possibly break it a little too.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 2, 2019

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

This is a movie about what people are prepared to swallow when they're thirsty for love.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 24, 2019

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Brendan Cassidy

InSession Film

Despite not being ready for it, Bing, Keire, and Zack become forced to grow up on their own terms, and it’s very moving to witness, particularly the devastating final minutes...

Jul 2, 2024

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Brian Susbielles

InSession Film

It’s a story of blue-collar lives who have to confront the new realities of subjects from fatherhood to racism to education.

Mar 2, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

There’s no denying the emotional gut-punch “Minding the Gap” packs. It’s all about the heart-breaking struggles of Keire, Zack, and Liu and the different life paths each of them travel.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 24, 2022

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Cam H

Stunning ! Can’t wait to watch it again !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/31/24

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L P

i really enjoyed the depth it got into with everyone's lives. it was an emotional movie and worth the watch. i was expecting it to be a lot more about skateboarding but it was a very pleasent twist in the end!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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Julia T

This movie was great. In the beginning I thought it was just going to be some sob story about how skateboarding changed their lives, but it was deeper than that. It showed the skateboarding was one of their only escapes at times, and brought the all together. They all had different struggles but in a way related to each other. I like how we saw them younger and then older and saw their immature phases or bad decisions and then them reflect on those, for example Zack.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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Nathan A

Minding the Gap is a very moving and personal documentary focused on the lives and connections that 3 friends have over the course of their adolescence into adulthood. It shows the effects that abusive parenting has on children through their relationships with their parents. There’s not much more I can say, the movie speaks for itself but I think it would be reductive to just leave it at that considering these are real people’s lives we’re watching. I’ll say that reality is often more insane and complicated than anything that can be written up which is what makes it beautiful.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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Emily O

I really enjoyed and thought it was a really interesting documentary. I liked how the movie was talking about how growing up with not the perfect life and dealing with some sort of abuse ends up having some sort of good outcome majority of the time.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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Joseph D

Such a well put together movie of all their lives and how they changed over the years. The story hit all the emotional beats and no matter what your background may be their is some part of the movie that you will be able to relate too.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/24/24

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Bing Liu
Producer: Bing Liu, Diane Moy Quon
Distributor: Hulu
Production Co: Kartemquin Films, P.O.V./American Documentary, ITVS International
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 17, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 17, 2018
Runtime: 1h 33m

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