The movie is a shining star in the indie universe much like "Frozen River." It hits the nail on the head in dealing with real feelings and honest emotions.
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01/09/10
Trucker (2009)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:21
Rotten:15
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Excellent performances by Michelle Monaghan and Nathan Fillion and keenly-observed details of small town life elevate this otherwise predictable and inconsistent melodrama.
Theatrical Release:Sep 18, 2009 Limited
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
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Reviews for Trucker
Who knew Michelle Monaghan could pull-off one of the most fearless and edgy female roles of the year? And do it so convincingly.
01/07/10
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12/31/09
Good characters and a strong start run out of gas by the end
12/17/09
Unremarkable at best, remarkably bad at worst.
12/01/09
The 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
Monaghan 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
Trucker is a knockout.
10/23/09
Top CriticThe whole thing plays with wobbly craft that, finally, creates a deep patina of suspicion and dullness.
10/23/09
The only thing to take away from this bumpy ride is the smooth performance by Monaghan.
10/23/09
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
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
You know exactly what is going to happen and you don’t really care.
10/19/09
Top CriticMost of Trucker comes off like a sincere but totally artificial slice of life.
10/19/09
Top CriticThere 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, 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
Top CriticYou want to like Trucker. You really do. But writer-director James Mottern makes it awfully hard with his washed-out, predictable aesthetic.
10/14/09
A nostalgic rehashing of the days when movies didn't need to telegraph every last detail.
10/09/09
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
Monaghan gets how people with honky-tonk souls move in mysterious ways.
10/09/09
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