Thunder Road

2018 Directed by Jim Cummings

Officer Arnaud loved his Mom.

A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.

Jim Cummings Kendal Farr Nican Robinson Jocelyn DeBoer Chelsea Edmundson Macon Blair Bill Wise Jordan Ray Fox Ammie Masterson Frank Mosley Jacqueline Doke Chris Doubek Tristan Riggs William Kevin Olliff Marshall Allman István Mihály

Alternative Title

Der Chaos-Cop - Thunder Road

drama comedy

91 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

Popular reviews

Review by Jim Cummings ★★★★★ 53

Yeah, I feel like I would have loved this movie a lot more if Chaplin hadn't made it about a dictator. Oh whoops, sorry, wrong movie, where am i?
Review by Sean Baker 8

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.
Review by Jack Moulton ★★★★½ 7

"Comedy is tragedy in a wide shot."
Jim Cummings zooms in.
Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★½ 23

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.
Review by maximusbrown100 ★★★★★

Fucking wow.
I saw the short film a while back and was a fan and have been on the watch for this for a while. I had expectations for it from the trailer but man did it blow it out the water. It is honestly one of the most refreshing and incredibly brilliant movies I've seen in a long time and it's sad that it will widely go unnoticed due to the fact that it's not had much of a spotlight on it. The raw human emotion in this movie though and the way its written is utter genius and the fact that this is written, directed and performed by Jim Cummings is honestly extraordinary I can't even put into words how amazing that is that he was able to pull this off as well as he did and I honestly implore anyone to see it.
Review by collin ★★★★★

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.
2018 Ranked boxd.it/1EvT2
Review by allain ★★★★ 26

When my mother died, I remember singing one of her favorite songs Journey by Lea Salonga in front of our family, relatives, and her friends. Looking back, it was honestly embarrassing, considering how I was a crying mess while singing it. I didn’t cry throughout the whole week of the funeral, only the morning of her burial, but it took an hour for my sister to calm me down. It was a mess and that day changed my life, because I celebrated my 18th birthday, my graduation, my first day in the university, and other events that we’re both looking forward to, without her. That day wasn’t really remarkable, but I realized that I express my emotions different than my…
Review by Branson Reese 1

Watched this on a plane and got emotional which is not ideal. Great movie though.
I really loved the premise of this movie, that you can take a stock comic character of “doofus self-serious cop” from 7000 movies from the past 15 years and then just keep the camera on him for an hour and a half while the joke melts away and the real guy dealing with divorce and anger issues and a learning disability and insecurity and grief is just up there dancing.
Review by Matt Neglia ★★★★

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.
Review by Logan Kenny ★ 7

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

liked this a lot until he finds his wife’s dead body from an overdose, talks about never forgiving her for this while the camera cuts to her bloated still face, slaps her corpse and then leaves to monologue to his daughter, with twee indie music playing on the soundtrack when his daughter says that she wants to live with him now. regardless of how you think the film frames it (i think cummings makes it way too obvious that he sides with his protagonist emotionally over the woman who lost her life to a disease that kills millions of people a year) the way the shot lingers on her body, the way his feelings of hatred preoccupy the loss of…
Review by Siegel™ ★★★★½ 13

Jim Cummings understands that there's a very fine line between cringe comedy and devastating tragedy and his near perfect performance displays both seamlessly. He is a master of critiquing the shortcomings of a society controlled by even the least toxic of masculinity while also making us deeply care for the humans at the center. I had absolutely no hesitation in calling this a masterpiece on first watch, and I have no qualms about it now. This is everything microbudget cinema should aspire to be.
Review by kayla ★★★★ 12

Did anyone else um..... cry their fucking eyes out?????

Recent reviews

Review by elihandler ★★★★

Surprised this wasn’t talked about more in 2018
Review by Trevor Hamer ★★★★

Finally got around to watching this and was not disappointed at all. This is an incredibly impressive feature debut. I’m looking forward to watching the wolf of snow hollow.
Review by jeepgrandma ★★★★

nobody knows about this movie but it’s so funny. good shit
Review by Shark boy Shark bait uhaha ★★★★½

Jim Cummings playing a really depressed police officer is my favorite genre
Review by Tacobill69 ★★★★

I enjoyed this movie but I thought it was more of a straight up drama and not really a comedy. Very good and raw performance from the lead.
Review by Mark Marshall ★★★★

I’m more of a Racing in the Street kinda guy, but this is still a pretty cool film. I for one definitely didn’t nearly start crying during the final scene.
Review by 💝Mister Gaga💝 ★★★★½ 6

Recommended to me by Michael Cox. Please do follow him, he is a smart reviewer, always on the ball. Also has some good bunch of lists.
The movie starts with raising some questions about the main character then after time we're starting to understand how the character behaves and why he behaves the way it does. Emotions and drama mixed with dark humor or comedy you might say for this movie. I liked how it's not polished with songs because of that it's so raw and hard you feel empathy for our protagonist. I'm also amazed by the fact that Jim Cummings wrote, directed, and starred on it. You really see the dedication that he had for this film, and…
Review by dina <3 ★★★½

were we supposed to empathize w the main character or...?
Review by Hiro ★★★★½

Great Indie Film
Review by Benjamin Wheat ★★★★★

Damn dude, don’t hit me in the feels like that bro.
Review by nachobowie ★★★½

- “I slept in my car! Right here. Three weeks. Jerry saw it. Isn’t that right Jerry?”
- “Yeah. I brought you breakfast.”
- “Thank you so much for doing that Jerry. That meant a lot back then... But fuck you right now.”
dios, necesito una crisis emocional así en mi vida
Review by pen 🖊🌈✨ ★★★★★

*enter nate*
*cue me singing “Whatta Man” by Salt-N-Peppa*