Red Rocket | 2021
Updated December 10, 2022
Critical Consensus
Trace Sauveur | Austin Chronicle
Justin Chang | Los Angeles Times
Richard Roeper | Chicago Sun-Times
Pat Brown | Slant Magazine
David Sims | The Atlantic
Leah Greenblatt | Entertainment Weekly
Bradley Gibson | Film Threat
Matthew Dougherty | IGN
David Rooney | The Hollywood Reporter
Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian
Mark Feeney | Boston Globe
Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune
Matt Zoller Seitz | RogerEbert.com
Richard Brody | The New Yorker
Michael O’Sullivan | Washington Post
Justin Chang | Los Angeles Times
Richard Roeper | Chicago Sun-Times
Pat Brown | Slant Magazine
David Sims | The Atlantic
Leah Greenblatt | Entertainment Weekly
Bradley Gibson | Film Threat
Matthew Dougherty | IGN
David Rooney | The Hollywood Reporter
Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian
Mark Feeney | Boston Globe
Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune
Matt Zoller Seitz | RogerEbert.com
Richard Brody | The New Yorker
Michael O’Sullivan | Washington Post
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Summary & Info
A self-centered, washed-up porn actor (Simon Rex) returns to his small Texas hometown and manages to charm his way back into his estranged wife’s (Bree Elrod) home and life. Cast: Suzanna Son, Brenda Deiss, Sophie, Marlon Lambert, Judy Hill and Brittney Rodriguez. Director: Sean Baker. [2:10 – R]
Dueling Critics

“At their most fundamental, Sean Baker’s movies are ultimately about America…As is typical by now, Baker (along with cinematographer Drew Daniels) captures the ethos and texture of America on the fringes in a way not many others do…It all gels to make Baker’s most nuanced character study yet, one that’s often as hilarious as it is horribly uncomforting.”

“[O]ften teeters between compassion and something that feels perilously close to cultural voyeurism…[And] delivers titillation at the expense of someone else’s misery.”
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Red Rocket | 2022
Updated December 10, 2022
Critical Consensus
Trace Sauveur | Austin Chronicle
Justin Chang | Los Angeles Times
Richard Roeper | Chicago Sun-Times
Pat Brown | Slant Magazine
David Sims | The Atlantic
Leah Greenblatt | Entertainment Weekly
Bradley Gibson | Film Threat
Matthew Dougherty | IGN
David Rooney | The Hollywood Reporter
Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian
Mark Feeney | Boston Globe
Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune
Matt Zoller Seitz | RogerEbert.com
Richard Brody | The New Yorker
Michael O’Sullivan | Washington Post
Justin Chang | Los Angeles Times
Richard Roeper | Chicago Sun-Times
Pat Brown | Slant Magazine
David Sims | The Atlantic
Leah Greenblatt | Entertainment Weekly
Bradley Gibson | Film Threat
Matthew Dougherty | IGN
David Rooney | The Hollywood Reporter
Peter Bradshaw | The Guardian
Mark Feeney | Boston Globe
Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune
Matt Zoller Seitz | RogerEbert.com
Richard Brody | The New Yorker
Michael O’Sullivan | Washington Post
Fix a critic’s review
Dueling Critics


Summary & Info

A self-centered, washed-up porn actor (Simon Rex) returns to his small Texas hometown and manages to charm his way back into his estranged wife’s (Bree Elrod) home and life. Cast: Suzanna Son, Brenda Deiss, Sophie, Marlon Lambert, Judy Hill and Brittney Rodriguez. Director: Sean Baker. [2:10 – R]