Really enjoyed this. Engaging performances. Jim Cummings is obviously uber-talented. Looking forward to following an exciting career. Has a Jody Hill/Danny McBride vibe which is a great thing.

Macon Blair is great as always.

Watched at the Vancouver International Film Centre.

93

I've been hearing hype about this one all year and it did not disappoint. I've seen Jim Cummings previous effort Minutes and although I really enjoyed that it did nothing to prepare me for how genuinely moving and special Thunder Road is. If the Oscar's had any sense at all Jim Cummings would win Best Actor easily, and I'd be willing to bet we won't see a performance as powerful and soulful as what we see here. From the opening scene I was completely blown away by the weight of emotion he brings on screen. You feel his pain and you experience his transformation throughout the film. It's a sad film about loss but it never allows itself to become full on depressing and there is tons of great comedy to balance the tone. I would recommend and encourage anyone to watch it. This was really really exceptional.

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Have extremely mixed (and maybe even negative) feelings about the ending, but I loved this movie. The hands up game scene made me smile so fucking big, as did the last shot before the credits. A very sweet, emotional, and hilarious film.

Jim Cummings gives one of the best performances of the year in THUNDER ROAD. I was floored by his commitment to all aspects of production both in front & behind the camera. The film presents the ups and downs of life with such emotional honesty, you’ll either laugh or cry till it hurts.

I can’t believe I’m saying this but maybe blue lives do matter but only for officer jim

Inside us all is a roiling mass of insecurity - anxiety, disillusionment, anger, grief, longing. The fear that we’re going about life all wrong. For some people, these feelings are all surface level. Others have them buried way down deep. But everyone has them. That’s what Thunder Road is all about. 

Writer-director-star Jim Cummings navigates a tricky mix of tones with admirable precision; we are invited to laugh at Officer Jim and feel for him at the same time. There’s a lot of cringe comedy at play here, but so much heart right alongside. 

It’s a lovely, compassionate, funny film. Excited  to see what he comes up with next.

Sad, funny, real. This movie was fantastic. Jim Cummings is a talented actor and director. Can't wait to see more of him in the future.

This movie has a hard to place sort of magnetism to it that makes its 90 minutes fly by. This would not be so fascinating if it were not so difficult to determine if we are asked to laugh at this character, hate him or pity him. Maybe the point is that it's okay to do all three.

Regardless, Jim Cummings writes and directs every scene to show himself off. More often than not he can be counted on to explode or break down or both in front of every other character who, but for a few exceptions, seem to exist only to get him to those moments. By the end it becomes pretty stale, but fortunately that end provides a welcome change of pace and lets Cummings act for the benefit of someone other than himself.

"I'll never forgive you for this.”

Watching this with a crowd at SXSW made it 10x better, but it still holds up after a rewatch.

The good news: you can really decide whether it’s worth it to continue from the first 15 minutes.  I kinda wish someone had told me that.

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90/100

Really solid cringe comedy about regret and loss. Nothing special visually but a tremendous lead performance devoid of self awareness.