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2018
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Thunder Road
Positive Reviews
63
Negative reviews
5
Average Rating
3.9
/5
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3.8
When Cummings finds the right balance of dramatic license and believable characterization, Thunder Road is exhilarating to watch.
Rogerebert
2.0
Thunder Road lands on a tragic development, but upends it with a single teary eyed moment that hints with no real evidence that better things may be a ..
Indie Wire
4.5
Everything is falling apart for him, yet hes phoning in his life.
Variety
4.0
In the spirit of many great comedians, Jim Cummings has a knack for taking lines that shouldnt be funny and transforming them into accidental zingers.
Time Out
3.0
Cummings presents us with a guy whose heart is in the right place he just cant control himself.
The Guardian
3.0
This time, however, the pink kiddies beatbox hes brought to play the Bosss music simply refuses to play ball, leaving Jim to flail silently before his ..
The Guardian
4.5
Driven by Cummings transfixingly vulnerable performance, the movie not only justifies returning to the source: Shockingly, it does so without even usi ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Even though it doesnt always live up to the promise of its opening sequence, Thunder Road is an exhilarating ride.
3.0
A performance showcase for star, writer, director, editor and composer Jim Cummings which leaves you in no doubt youll be seeing more of him.
Telegraph
4.5
Advertisement Remarkably, Cummings manages to piece these oddball vignettes into a vivid drama with its own unpredictable, startlingly lovely shape.
4.0
Sat in the cinema, too close for comfort, you cant escape him, and, amazingly, you dont really want to.
3.8
Thunder Road provides a fine showcase for Cummings, as a filmmaker of some sensitivity and as an actor who shows the full range of this tragic clown.
Mark Reviews Movies
4.5
It takes a few narrative risks that wont win everyone over, but it allowed itself to be complex and conflicted about itself. That kept you on the edge ..
You Tube
4.0
Such an unapologetic crisis of masculinity will strike some as self indulgent in times such as these. Yet Cummings is so committed to Arnauds tragicom ..
The Times
4.5
He doesnt downplay or sugarcoat Arnauds less than positive attributes, but he doesnt want to turn him into a stock bad guy, either.
Rolling Stone
4.0
If it doesnt exasperate you, this film will leave you shaken and empowered.
Shadows On The Wall
5.0
Here, Springsteens lyrics are a starting point for an emotionally raw and excruciatingly funny portrait of modern American society.
Flim List
4.5
One of the best comic performances of the decade Cummings performance feels perfectly calibrated throughout, despite the weighty subject matter at han ..
Film Inquiry
4.5
Arnaud cant stop talking and, from that point on, we cant stop watching.
Eye For Film
4.0
The power of Thunder Road is in its creeping emotional impact, which isnt truly felt until the final few scenes.
Flickering Myth
4.0
For all the laughs this character gives us, you cant help but feel youre watching real life being thrown up on the screen just as much.
Flickering Myth
4.0
Braced boldly between effervescent character study and edgy dark comedy that pushes right up against the tonal brink, Thunder Road has cult gem writte ..
Flickering Myth
3.0
Will he be able to succeed Pelted with tragicomic scenes, Thunder Road, an acceptably funny slice of drama, depicts anxious times by carrying a furiou ..
Flim Threet
3.0
Uncompromisingly challenging at times, Jim Cummings feature length adaptation of his award winning 2016 short film Thunder Road offers a unique portra ..
The Film Stage
3.5
When this deceptively insightful character study is on target, you wont miss the point at all.
Herald Sun
4.0
It encapsulates whats to come as Cummings brilliantly maintains a balance between laughs and poignancy throughout this thrillingly unique exploration ..
Hey U Guys
2.0
Like Linklater, Cummings shows hes a humane director of the finest order.
The Play List
4.5
...a brilliant piece of work that paints the portrait of an all too human response to tragedy building upon tragedy... an absolute treat of a movie.
Film Ink
3.0
The film shares something of its heros self involvement. If you can accept that, however, Thunder Road is an impressive one man show.
The Age
4.0
This intense, funny, and emotionally raw start sets a well crafted tragicomic tone from the outset.
Cine Vue
3.0
Although often funny, theres an honesty to Cummings emoting that induces empathy for the character.
Nz Herald
4.0
Thunder Road feels like it exists on that continuum, with writer director lead Jim Cummings taking on the role of man who doesnt realise hes having a ..
Flicks
5.0
Its almost amazing that Thunder Road works as well as it does, a rather remarkable combo of Lowell A. Meyers top notch lensing, Brian Vannuccis intuit ..
4.5
The fragility of masculine performance is being interrogated here, although no one articulates this, fortunately.
Straight
5.0
After pinballing between tragic and funny, Thunder Road goes directly for weepy territory in its finale and hits its target.
One Room With A View
4.5
This doesnt end quite well for Jim so its back home for a week off.
Solzy At The Movies
4.0
In exploring Arnauds struggles, both as a policeman and as a father, the film builds a penetrating study of grief, loss and mental breakdown that isnt ..
The Skinny
4.0
All conveyed in Cummings tour de force performance, Thunder Road is about grief and guilt, hopelessness and hopefulness.
Under The Radar Mag
2.0
But Climax isnt just 90 some minutes of sustained sex, violence, and panica rollercoaster ride of very bad vibrations.
Film Avclub
2.0
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.
Film Avclub
1.5
Cummings performance is a tour de force a completely hashed out flawed character that the audience connects with and feels his pain.
Bowling Green Daily News
3.0
Thunder Road is a tour de force for Jim Cummings, who wrote, directed and (according to the credits) performed it.
The Australian
3.5
Thunder Road approaches serious, profound and even dangerous themes with comic elegance.
4.4
At other times, hes a well intentioned officer trying to please his supervisor.
Johnhanlon Reviews
3.0
Is it pure screwball or more sweet indie fare Either way, theres no denying Thunder Road projects charm and generates some smiles along the way.
Patrick Nabarro
4.0
The actor director writer manages to make a host emotions radiate from him, making us participants of his pain and tragedy.
Enfil Me
4.5
This thing just keeps getting better and better, becoming an always unpredictable delight.
Student Edge
4.0
Every time you think Jims hit rock bottom, Cummings reveals theres always a level farther down to go.
Jaredmobarak
4.3
We root for Jim, roll our eyes with him, chastise him, and ultimately sympathize with him.
The Hollywood Outsider
4.0
The humour is bleak, but it doesnt quite fall into the black comedy genre its far too genuine for that.
The Digital Fix
3.5
The opening of Thunder Road is one of the most cringingly hilarious scenes of 2018. The rest of the movie never quite reaches the level of awkward hum ..
High Def Digest
4.5
Thunder Road is only 90 minutes, and if your heart can handle a bit of emotional wreckage, it needs to go on your watch list.
The Daily Times (Tennessee ..
4.5
Its hard not to laugh at some of the more ridiculous moments, though our laughter abates when we come to recognize the feeling inscribed in Cummings w ..
The Lonely Film Critic
4.5
As both writer and director, Cummings proves his mettle time and again, swerving madly from comedy to tragedy without missing a beat, proficient at bo ..
Hammer To Nail
4.5
Small town police officer Jim Arnaud powers through a firestorm of flayed emotions while paying tribute to his late mother. Overwhelmed by grief, he i ..
4.5
Its a mesmerizing, haunting tale of love, loss and the fleeting nature of time.
3.5
He ultimately eulogizes her with an interpretive dance to Bruce Springsteens Thunder Road, providing a much needed chuckle after nearly 10 minutes of ..
Cinemacy
4.5
But for now, youre just overwhelmingly grateful that hes given the world something as personal, heartfelt and immensely entertaining as this.
Moveable Fest
4.5
Thunder Road is a calling card for the undoubted talents of Jim Cunningham.
Backseat Mafia
4.5
While there is an expression of what happens in Bruce Springsteens songs, on Thunder Road we dont find what it feels like to have lived them.
El Universal
4.0
Based on Thunder Road, Cummins wont make it someday; hes here right now.
Cine Gods
4.5
The vast majority of the people around me genuinely liked the movie, and I just didnt get why they were so enthusiastic...it lent itself to me checkin ..
France 24
3.8
It also doesnt help that its glib, jokey tone grates against its potentially weighty issues, with its lily white cast mostly treating the neo Confeder ..
In Lander
4.5
Its the kind of life affirming movie thats become a rarity as cinemas focus on saturation with big budget borefests.
Glas Gow Live
3.5
Jim Cummings, who wrote, directed and acted in the film deserves a pat on his back as he manages to channel out a very assured, matured and understate ..
High on Films
4.0
Even if youre not a bereaved small time cop going through a terrible divorce, youll find something that resonates here.
Frame Rated
5.0
The tears and the whimpers dont change, but our instinctual reactions do.
4.5
Its a prevalent topic in our social climate, but Arnaud isnt a character that should be aligned with it.
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