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Roadie
2012 1h 35m R
Drama
,
Comedy
,
Music
6.0
68%
32%
58%
Play
After 20 years on the road with Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy Testagros returns to his hometown to life with his ailing mother. Complications arise when he falls for an old friend, who is now married to his longtime nemesis.
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Directed By
Michael Cuesta
Written By
Gerald Cuesta
,
Michael Cuesta
Studio
Magnolia Pictures
Cast of Roadie
Ron Eldard
Jimmy Testagross
Lois Smith
Mom
David Margulies
Don Miller
Bobby Cannavale
Randy Stevens
Jarlath Conroy
Wes
Suzette Gunn
Lizette Santiago
Jill Hennessy
Nikki Stevens
Lourdes Martin
Cop
Arian Moayed
Irfan
Lucy Spain
Motel Hooker
Katherine Hughes
Young Nikki
Roadie Reviews
New York Post
Kyle Smith
"Roadie" is short on narrative momentum, but it's a perfectly attuned character study of this rock relic and his middle-aged sorrows.
AV Club
Alison Willmore
Aside from the entertaining specificity about its setting and its protagonist's profession, Roadie is as disappointingly rote as its standard setup suggests.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
A lot of what takes place in "Roadie" feels overly familiar, and the film could have been a wallow in pathos except for the performances, especially that of Eldard.
MSN Movies
Glenn Kenny
While the excellent cast does its level, honest best with the material, the material itself feels secondhand throughout.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Rare is the film that refuses to judge its flawed characters, or that grasps the ache of nostalgia while remaining clear-eyed in the face of reality.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
The hugely sympathetic Eldard ("Super 8") gives this slim movie a real, beating heart.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Mr. Eldard, who brings layers of complication to his character, makes Jimmy's vulnerability palpable, while Ms. Hennessy shows you her character's carelessness and opportunism.
Film.com
Eric D. Snider
Assembles the usual ingredients into an average, innocuous film, something that isn't good enough to recommend or bad enough to avoid.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Roadie takes its characters' suffering seriously without ever properly justifying said misery as enlightening or unique.
DVDTalk.com
Jason Bailey
The raw ingredients are promising, but the plodding script and Cuesta's lead-footed direction prevent it from going much of anywhere, including the viewer's memory.
TheWrap
Alonso Duralde
Roadie has the stench of freshman-year mandatory creative writing all over it, from its cribs of Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller to an ending that's embarrassingly, clangingly metaphorical.
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
Eldard, with eyes projecting adolescent vulnerability and a body lost to awkward midlife chub, is enough to redeem Cuesta's indie commonplaces.
Variety
John Anderson
Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll get a markedly downbeat spin in Roadie, helmer Michael Cuesta's take on youthful dreams gone out of tune.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
I simultaneously want to endorse its ambition and nerve and report that it's a very mixed bag.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
Provides a touching look at a man whose life is in a period of transition.
Reason Online
Kurt Loder
Ron Eldard gives a sweet, moving performance as a 40-ish guy suddenly un-tethered in time.
Film Journal International
Doris Toumarkine
Terrific contemporary drama about a veteran Queens, New York roadie who's been sacked after decades hauling equipment for Blue Oyster Cult is a gripping portrait of a flawed loser that allows Ron Eldard to shine
The Reel Deal
Mark Sells
Shows the unglamorous side of rock n' roll - the lies and denial, the sadness, and the regret of dreams long gone.
BrianOrndorf.com
Brian Orndorf
An appealing mood of discomfort that's marvelously executed by the cast, hitting a few persuasive beats of disappointment and resignation that keeps the story grounded in an intriguing, lived-in reality.
Movies.com
Grae Drake
Imagine The Wrestler if Mickey Rourke had just wrangled spandex instead of earning his status as a has-been. This is why this movie never feels completely original or moving.
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