Though Hill grew up in Southern California in the mid-1990s, Stevie is not a directly autobiographical character. Hill has made a film about befriending the cool kids that feels too self-conscious and impressed with itself, one aiming for authenticity that ends up falling short. It’s a coming-of-age movie with shades of Harmony Korine and Richard Linklater, a plot-light hangout drama that projects aimlessness but ends up seeming surprisingly calculated. Mid90s is Hill’s first film as writer and director, and it has the same try-hard feel as Stevie’s never-ending driveway practice sessions. playgrounds, and those spills onto the concrete are the price he must pay. Stevie desperately wants to be accepted into the group he idolizes, a cadre of teenage skaters who hang out in L.A. Hill includes multiple montages of Stevie repeatedly landing on his back it’s painful to watch, but it’s all worthwhile once he finally gets his board into the air. For Stevie (Sunny Suljic), the main character in Jonah Hill’s film Mid90s, that means falling down over and over again in his driveway as he attempts to learn how to ollie.

The act of skateboarding requires a lot of persistence for very little reward, especially at first.

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