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Thunder Road

2018

Jim Cummings

Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, Nican Robinson, Jocelyn DeBoer ...

6.3

976

Drama. Comedy A police officer comes to grips with a death of his mom when giving a heartfelt eulogy at her funeral.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"At 'Thunder Road', you'll giggle at moments, and you'll also be moved, but mostly you'll know the precise crazy-sane reality of who this man is."	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A singular balancing act between grief and anxious comedy (...) A weird and moving feature adaptation"	POS
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"Cummings’ character study makes you feel like that’s all you really ever need out of a story. It’s that good (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club	"Offers a memorable depiction of a man ill-equipped to deal with or direct his feelings-probably not all that different from the rest of us."	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A fascinating character study driven by Cummings’ striking delivery (...) It’s a testament to [his] maniacal performance that he manages to keep us engaged."	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"An announcement of a major talent as an actor, writer, and director (...) It walks so many fine lines between comedy and drama that the balancing act is exhilarating to watch."	POS
United States	A.A. Dowd AV Club	"[It] has an uncomfortably timely quality of its own (...) Cummings, who also wrote and directed the film, has delivered a remarkable tragicomic performance in the lead."	POS
United Kingdom	Alex Godfrey Empire	"This is all about Cummings, who sparkles with charisma and confidence (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Cath Clarke The Guardian	"There’s plenty of 'Office'-style, cringe-worthy humour in Jim Cummings’ comedy, but it’s hard to care about his hapless hero (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"One of the real strengths here is Cummings’ dialogue, which has unusual rhythms (...) [A character] whose petulant outbursts and open emotionalism become gradually quite moving (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"A prickly, goofy film, powered along the unpredictability of its protagonist and some terrific reactive turns (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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