Even with some fine acting, this film can be a long tiring ride.
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10/18/08
Trucker (2009)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:18
Rotten:13
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Excellent performances by Michelle Monaghan and Nathan Fillion and keenly-observed details of small town life elevate this otherwise predictable and inconsistent melodrama.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan), a vivacious and successful independent truck driver, leads a carefree life of long-haul trucking, one night stands and all-night drinking with Runner (Nathan... [More]
Starring: Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt, Joey Lauren Adams
Director: James Mottern
Reviews for Trucker
Monaghan's good, despite being too pretty, and the film, with a melodramatic storyline that seems perfect for a Hallmark TV movie, is good, too.
10/21/09
Most of Trucker comes off like a sincere but totally artificial slice of life.
10/19/09
You know exactly what is going to happen and you don’t really care.
10/19/09
With the sad state of the indie business Trucker may make a fast exit to Netflix, but thanks to Michelle Monaghan it's a trip worth taking wherever you may find it.
10/09/09
Maintains the gritty realistic details of Diane's job and small town life.
08/28/09
I concede the story arc is fairly predictable, assuming neither one murders the other. But Mottern and his actors take no hostages.
10/08/09
Top CriticIt's still a performance you don't want a miss. Michelle Monaghan is memorable.
10/18/08
A nostalgic rehashing of the days when movies didn't need to telegraph every last detail.
10/09/09
Trucker is a knockout.
10/23/09
Monaghan, so good in Gone Baby Gone, mopes self-consciously through the role of Diane, a loner who finds her heart when she's thrown together with her estranged 11-year-old son (Jimmy Bennett), whom she takes on the road. Yes, it's one of those movies.
10/14/09
when Monaghan's 10-year-old son (Jimmy Bennett) shows up, the air blows out of the movie faster than a blown tire on an 18-wheeler
10/08/09
Michelle Monaghan gives a wonderfully rounded performance, reminiscent in its depth and heart of the one Melissa Leo gave in Frozen River.
10/05/09
Michelle Monaghan delivers the goods.
10/09/09
Top CriticThe overall story serves as a metaphor for American life, where too many people spend a lot of time keeping busy without ever really enjoying the moment and without ever being truly alive.
11/24/09
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.
10/16/09
Top CriticMonaghan demonstrates an untapped level of talent and skill in Trucker, tackling the difficult role of a woman who refuses to behave as societal norms dictate and has paid the price with loneliness and alienation.
10/29/09
Half road trip and half learning how to make a home, Trucker gives Michelle Monaghan a chance to show what she can do and the result is encouraging, although twelve year old Jimmy Bennett nearly steals the show.
05/14/08
Features spectacular performances but these excellent actors are required to do too much heavy lifting with a script that plays out too predictably to be effective.
10/21/09
Were it not for Michelle Monaghan's convincingly dirt-under-the-fingernails performance in the title role, there would be absolutely nothing about the film to distinguish it from dozens of other movies.
10/07/09
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