Red Rocket
critic Reviews
, 90% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Led by Simon Rex's magnetic performance, Red Rocket is another vibrant, ground-level look at modern American life from director/co-writer Sean Baker.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTim RobeyMonocle
I don't think Simon Rex is in any way to blame for me hating [Mikey]. I think it's a tremendous performance.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeObserver (UK)
Baker’s movies have always been about location, location, location, and Red Rocket is no different.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDonald ClarkeIrish Times
It is Rexs extraordinary puppy-dog vigour that makes the character tolerable in spite of his repeated appalling decisions.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCharlotte O'SullivanLondon Evening Standard
As well as being filthy, droll and almost unbearably tense, it offers great news for anyone too broke to go to drama school.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreElla KempLittle White Lies
A dirty delight. Weird, smart, fantastic and very, very wrong.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreClarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
Rex actively underplays Mikey’s self-interest and cruelty, so that -- in a way -- the audience becomes an equal target of his manipulation.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDesirée De FezFotogramas
For fans of clear and luminous stories of an America unjustly forgotten. [Full review in Spanish]
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRandy MeeksEspinof
Baker continues to use the camera as a scalpel... [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlejandro G. CalvoSensacine
It achieves the seemingly impossible: that we empathize with someone who doesn’t deserve sympathy and are amused even when what we’re seeing isn’t quite a laughing matter. Red Rocket, Sean Baker, Simon Rex… all tremendous. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLeigh PaatschHerald Sun (Australia)
Cinematic thrillseekers need to see this ASAP.
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