Overview
Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
January 06, 2012 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
NC-17Director :
Michael CuestaStarring :
Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy, Lois Smith, David Margulies, Jarlath Conroy, Suzette Gunn
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
Readers [Rate It]
Review rate : C
“..while the reunion works on an expository level, its awkwardness extends to the filmmaking..”
“..while the reunion works on an expository level, its awkwardness extends to the filmmaking..”
by Manohla Dargis [New York Times]
“..the uniqueness of the story could be a marketing handicap, but word of mouth could provide a commercial counterweight..”
by John Anderson [Variety]
“..takes its characters' suffering seriously without ever properly justifying said misery as enlightening or unique..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
“..seems unfocused at first, and a little under-powered..”
by Kurt Loder [Reason Online]
Review rate : C+
“..merely assembles the usual ingredients into an average..”
“..merely assembles the usual ingredients into an average..”
by Eric D. Snider [Film.com]
“..make you wish that Thomas Wolfe had written, "You could go home again, but please don't, because it's not going to very interesting..”
by Alonso Duralde [The Wrap]
“..it's tough to say what the commercial prospects for this flawed but audacious picture might be - except, wait, no it's not..”
by Andrew O'Hehir [Salon.com]
“..it is the unflinching accuracy of the photography and the dialogues that make this such a scary film..”
by Ron Wilkinson [Monsters and Critics]
“..enough to redeem Cuesta's indie commonplaces..”
by Nick Pinkerton [Village Voice]
“..eldard has a shambling charisma, but Roadie becomes a one-note comedy whose darker undertones are never fully explored..”
by Chris Barsanti [PopMatters]
Review rate : B
“..each scene offers some quietly precise moment of truth..”
“..each scene offers some quietly precise moment of truth..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]
Review rate : C
“..disappointingly rote as its standard setup suggests..”
“..disappointingly rote as its standard setup suggests..”
by Alison Willmore [AV Club]
“..delivers large doses of rock..”
by Doris Toumarkine [Film Journal International]
“..amazingly, Roadie does not make a mockery of its protagonist..”
by Leslie Stonebraker [New York Press]
Review rate : B
“..a fresh alternative to typical indie-cinema wallowing..”
“..a fresh alternative to typical indie-cinema wallowing..”
by Joshua Rothkopf [Time Out New York]
