Detroit Unleaded

Name: Detroit Unleaded
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: November 15, 2013
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 59

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: November 15, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: An ambitious Lebanese-American youth is forced to take over his family's gas station after his father's death.

Director: Rola Nashef

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Nick Schager

Nov 19, 2013

Director Rola Nashef's visuals can be clunky, and her script's conversational dialogue is occasionally stilted. Nonetheless, she draws her characters in sharp lines, so that the gaggle of customers who frequent Sami's workplace...feel not like types but, rather, like diverse individuals. Read full review

Alissa Simon

Nov 20, 2013

A lively slice-of-life that uses familiar romantic-comedy tropes and a vibrant cast of characters to humorously explore family relationships, cultural identity and love. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Nov 21, 2013

Detroit Unleaded is about as gentle as comedies come these days, commendably so. Read full review

Tina Hassannia

Nov 20, 2013

It compellingly engages with the specific problems of a cultural group rarely represented in American film, but it too easily and abruptly resolves its main characters' problems. Read full review

Andrew Lapin

Nov 21, 2013

The film’s engine stalls from time to time, but it never dies—much like the city it’s set in. Read full review

R. Kurt Osenlund

Nov 19, 2013

It winningly pays homage to the apparently nationwide fraternity of Arab-American mini-mart owners, while letting the Motor City setting provide the economic commentary. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Steven Boone

Nov 22, 2013

The trouble here is a lack of texture and urgency. Read full review

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