Roadie
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: January 6, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJan 5, 2012
Michael Cuesta's perfectly-pitched indie captures the pain of arrested development with so much empathy and insight, you can't help but root for the unmoored, overgrown adolescent at its center. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJan 3, 2012
It's here, in a keenly captured Forest Hills, Queens, land of low-lit bars and manicured lawns, that Roadie soars as a gently comic drama about living the dream - or trying to. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoFeb 23, 2012
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. Read full review
70
Village VoiceNick PinkertonJan 3, 2012
Eldard, with eyes projecting adolescent vulnerability and a body lost to awkward midlife chub, is enough to redeem Cuesta's indie commonplaces. Read full review
70
VarietyJohn AndersonDec 31, 2011
Roadie features some wonderfully evocative music out of its characters' collective past (local legends the Good Rats, for instance) but like Jimmy himself, it takes a bit of a push to get the picture going, which it gets, both emotionally and dramatically, thanks largely to its ensemble. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle SmithJan 6, 2012
Soulfully directed by Michael Cuesta ("L.I.E."), Roadie is short on narrative momentum, but it's a perfectly attuned character study of this rock relic and his middle-aged sorrows. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisJan 5, 2012
One problem is Jimmy and his mother's dialogue, which continues in the same clichéd vein as the opening scenes of him alone yelling and yammering into his cell. Read full review
60
SalonAndrew O'HehirDec 31, 2011
I simultaneously want to endorse its ambition and nerve and report that it's a very mixed bag. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubAlison WillmoreJan 4, 2012
Aside from the entertaining specificity about its setting and its protagonist's profession, Roadie is as disappointingly rote as its standard setup suggests. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineNick SchagerJan 4, 2012
A slice of slight character-driven conventionality in which directorial sensitivity and drama rooted in tense conversations and intermittent blow-ups prove incapable of imparting depth to a tale that plays like a series of simplistic stock gestures. Read full review
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