Trucker
Monterey Media | Release Date: October 9, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Trucker sets out on a difficult and tricky path, and doesn't put a foot wrong. Read full review
100
Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey
There are so many wonderfully unconventional things to like about this tiny independent film, Monaghan's earthy and uncompromising performance chief among them, its depth surprising you at every turn. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Written and directed by James Mottern with more attention to character than to plot, Trucker is a simple, unadorned study of a loner forced by circumstance to embrace the world again -- but only on her terms. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAaron Hillis
It's a smooth ride thanks to Monaghan, and an impressive ensemble. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
Although Trucker doesn't have the social import that made "Norma Rae" a hit, it's an affecting, small film that could catch on with sophisticated audiences as well as more down-home types. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua Rothkopf
You sense the Demme-esque working-class comedy that might have been. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Trucker sometimes feels like a performance in search of a movie. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Writer-director James Mottern's drama has a lived-in feel, but is notable mainly for Michelle Monaghan's glam-less turn as Diane. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Fiercely acted but made with indifferent craft and no palpable feel for its subject matter, Trucker takes you on a ride from intrigue to indifference. Read full review
50
VarietyJohn Anderson
Playing a negligent mother isn't usually the way to get ahead in the acting biz, but the elfin Michelle Monaghan must have seen Trucker as her vehicle out of the ingenue parking lot of sidekicks and potential hostages. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderCliff Doerksen
Writer-director James Mottern has a reasonably good feel for the textures of blue-collar life, but he pounds home the life lessons, underscoring them with poignant country-western songs. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle Smith
Strip away the alt-country soundtrack, though, and you've got a Bette Davis fallen-woman-redeemed picture from 1937. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Whenever an actress takes on a gritty working-class role, the audience does a gut check of authenticity. Either the actress gets it, like Melissa Leo did in "Frozen River," or she doesn't, like Michelle Monaghan as the spoilin'-for-a-fight truck-driver heroine of the inert indie dud Trucker Read full review
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