Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Movie review: 'Flow State' at its best when the skiers are floating, not ...

Although it's obscure, "Flow State" is a great movie title. If you immediately respond to it, the movie's probably for you. If you don't know what it means, it probably isn't.

The latest from prolific Warren Miller Entertainment, "Flow State" is more of the same, a combination of skiing tricks, spectacular scenery and awkwardly scripted "conversations" between dudes and bruhs trying to decide when to hit the slopes. "Flow State" also briefly includes non-dude Kaylin Richardson, the two-time Olympian and Minneapolis native who will be in attendance at the Friday night screening of "Flow."

It's painfully obvious that the supposedly spontaneous ski bum chatter was scripted, because it sounds nothing like they do when they're

Kaylin Richardson skiing at Canyons Resort, Utah.

speaking off-the-cuff (which is like this: "Why do I ski? Cuz it's awesome!"). The exception to the awkwardness is a segment that focuses on septuagenarian forefathers of trick skiing, a bunch of guys who come off as articulate, nostalgic and sharp. Otherwise, "Flow State" -- oh, the title refers to when a skier is in the zone -- is best when it just lets the skiers float down one stunning mountain after another.

-- Chris Hewitt

"FLOW STATE"

When: 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 26, and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27

Where: State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis

Tickets: $21

Call: 612-339-7007, ticketmaster.com

Source: http://www.twincities.com/movies/ci_21836582/movie-review-flow-state-at-its-best-when?source=rss

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