TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
BelSports
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Tayloriona
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Deanna
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
jobcoak
I've spent YEARS looking for a copy of this movie. I'm normally a very reserved person but this movie had me laughing uncontrollably. Everyone will sympathize with Freddie as he competes for his son's time and attention with the 'flashy' step-father, a used-car dealer who makes a grand promotion about people breaking records in the Guiness Book of Records. Freddie, who can't skate, becomes the owner of a pair when the desk clerk at a roller rink has lost Freddie's shoes. This is where the movie gets funny....its one laugh after the other, as only Tim Conway can do. What follows is the movie. I've told so many people about this movie--they all want to see it if I ever find a copy. A previous comment mentioned that Disney owned rights to the video. I'm going to contact them and encourage it be brought back on the market.
bvnbi-1
After all these years, I've finally found someone else who remembers "Roll Freddy Roll". Maybe we are the only two demented minds to have reacted similarly when it was viewed, but it has been an ongoing project to obtain a copy of this movie in any form as a means of either validating the absolute comic genius of this movie; or to finally denigrate my ability to assess what is funny. As I read the previous comment, I kept saying "YESSS!!!" after each sentence as if it came from my keyboard. All I can say is if Disney, Persky, Conway, or anyone else with access to this movie can make it available to the public, they have a confirmed customer in me.
imsassy50
This movie had my husband and I "rolling" on the floor in laughter. I have been searching for years for "Roll Freddy Roll". This the the first time I have even seen it come up on a website, THANK YOU. Now to get Disney to bring it out on DVD or even VHS would make me very happy.Tim is one of my favorite actors and everyone should see this hilarious film. We were newly married when we watched this on TV and I have never forgotten it. I have searched the web over and over and was beginning to think I had the wrong title, I knew that Tim Conway was the main actor so continued to search. I will be using this site to search for movies that I would love to buy. Please stress that this movie needs to be brought back for my children and my grandchildren to see. Come on Disney, bring it back!
tom sawyer
It has been years since I even thought of this movie. When I first saw this I laughed my ass off. I had always known that Tim Conway was funny. Some of his best stuff was on the Carol Burnett Show, where his improvisation was second to none. Conway was also a very understated comedian playing a bumbling ensign on McHale's navy. In Roll Freddy Roll, he is at his physical comedy best as a dad trying to impress his son by getting into the world record book. The situations he gets into as a man who wearing his roller skates everywhere to break a record is great. The story is simple and very funny. The supporting cast is also very credible and play off Conway's physical humor very well. If you ever get a chance to watch this movie do so, and with the whole family, they will love it.As a comedian Conway has always been underrated and in some area underappreciated. Roll Freddy Roll, shows you why Conway was so funny. Yes, this isn't the Bard, but this little made-for-t.v. movie is very funny and entertaining. I just sorry they didn't do some kind of sequal or follow up to it.
