Roller Boogie

It would be easy for me to simply trash this as the garbage it on the surface it appears to be. Simplistic plot with Linda Blair as a spoiled rich girl slumming it on the boardwalks of Venice Beach, California falls in roller skate love with Olympian wanna be. There, not that we have the "story" out of the way here is why ROLLER BOOGIE actually is of use.....it is a perfect time capsule displaying the nonsense of speedos and hard bods of 1979 and though the men's style is as dated as a model T Ford the women look as if they just walked off of the set of a modern day porno shoot. Must be something in the water down there in Venice! As for poor Linda Blair....what can I say...she doesn;t seem to be able to act her way out of her spandex tights here but she has such a beautiful smile and looks to be having so much fun it is simply infectious. Real life roller skating champion Jim Bray is no better in the acting department but appears to give it his all and this is a part of where the charm in ROLLER BOOGIE is...unlike a simple dance film, the roller skating skills, no matter how silly you think it is, are something to behold. A good little walk down memory lane for anybody unfortunate enough to remember this craze and look for cult fave M.G. Kelly as the DJ!