Rockaway

Name: Rockaway
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: January 11, 2019
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Colin Critchley, Harrison Wittmeyer, James DiGiacomo, Keidrich Sellati, Marjan Neshat

2019

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Paladin | Release Date: January 11, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Colin Critchley, Harrison Wittmeyer, James DiGiacomo, Keidrich Sellati, Marjan Neshat, Maxwell Apple, Nolan Lyons, Sophia Rose, Tanner Flood, Wass Stevens

Summary: Rockaway is a coming of age drama following two brothers, John and Anthony, and their eventful summer of 1994 on Long Island. The boys have high hopes of a Knicks Championship and a new, easier life as John relies on his older brother and his imagination for protection from their abusive father. They've always had just each other and theirRockaway is a coming of age drama following two brothers, John and Anthony, and their eventful summer of 1994 on Long Island. The boys have high hopes of a Knicks Championship and a new, easier life as John relies on his older brother and his imagination for protection from their abusive father. They've always had just each other and their secrets, until they meet a group of boys who show them the love and companionship only achieved through the laughs, sweat, and tears of sport and boyhood mischief.… Expand

Director: John J. Budion

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Joshua Speiser

Jan 22, 2019

Rockaway takes on, and a large part successfully addresses some very serious, very adult themes: abuse and its legacy for future generations, familial protection, and preservation, loss and redemption — all with a strong measure of grace and empathy. Read full review

Richard Brody

Jan 14, 2019

The film is at the same time intensely personal and riddled with occasionally cringe-inducing clichés. No matter: Rockaway is an agonized and sharply moving film. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Jan 14, 2019

With Rockaway, you don’t have to know all the details of Budion’s life—or have even seen “Stand By Me”—to get a strong feeling of what’s honest here, and what isn’t. Read full review

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