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Gridlock'd (1997)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:26
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When a friend OD's and winds up in a coma, a mismatched pair of Detroit junkies strive to seek help in kicking their heroin habit in government-sponsored programs, only to find themselves drowning... [More]
Starring: Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandie Newton, Vondie Curtis-Hall
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Reviews for Gridlock'd
Top CriticA dark, effective satire about drug addiction that offers laughs as well as savage criticism of the US approach to dealing with users.
05/02/08
Top CriticThe film has a fairly uninteresting narrative motor in its thriller subplot, but hits on an edgy black comic tone for Stretch and Spoon's increasingly pained dealings with the unsympathetic representatives of authority.
02/09/06
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Top CriticSo just when Roth and Shakur's clowning closeness nearly transcends the subject, the film throws up a bunch of flashy edits and MTV-esque close-ups that trivialize it. Junkies just can't win.
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The film does occasionally lapse into silly slapstick and caricature, but most of the way this is a tough, funny and scary cautionary tale.
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11/07/03
Exposes the obstacles that that two down-and-out men face in their efforts to turn their lives around.
08/28/02
A hard-edged, darkly funny satire about two Detroit junkies who discover if they want to go straight, they'll have to climb a Mt. Everest of forms, paperwork, office referrals, waiting rooms, rules and regulations.
01/01/00
Cast against type as the gentler of two musician junkies trying to burrow through the bureaucracy to enter a rehab clinic in Detroit, Shakur has the relaxed screen presence of a young Wesley Snipes and plays perfectly off the delirious Tim Roth.
02/14/01
Top CriticGridlock'd is refreshing because it's different. The subject matter isn't new, but the approach and tone are.
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11/07/02
A smart, well-made buddy film about two junkies desperate to kick the habit.
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11/06/02
A surprisingly light-hearted comedy about what happens when two self-imposed exiles from society decide to go straight and look to the system for a little help.
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While not entirely successful, there's enough humor and humanism amid gritty urban locations to recommend Gridlock'd.
05/02/08
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