Street Punks

SKATE KITCHEN (B+) - Crystal Moselle, who embedded herself with unnaturally sheltered siblings for her breakthrough documentary "The Wolfpack," cozies up to some real-life New York skate punks, fictionalizing their lives for this hybrid film about teen girls getting by. Bespectacled Camille (Rachelle Vinberg) is a lonely 18-year-old who escapes a nagging mother on Long Island and falls in with a ragtag gang of girls in Manhattan. 

Camille slowly falls for a co-worker (played by Jaden Smith) who has a history with one of the other girls in the group. Some of the drama feels a little forced, but Moselle has a way of humanizing these teens, not unlike Eliza Hitzman's intimate portrayal of teen hookup culture, "It Felt Like Love." And the hand-held camerawork around New York feels fresh and urgent.

The interaction between the diverse group of girls seems relaxed and natural, and they are fun to be around. Little of it seems forced.

BONUS TRACK
From the closing credits, Khalid with "Young Dumb & Broke":