Don't be hoodwinked by all these glowing reviews. I am no art house cinema scholar by any means; I'm pretty much an Average Joe. And I could not stand this film. I tried, oh believe me, I tried. I thought, "the good part's coming any minute now", or, "there's got to be a payoff here sooner or later!"
Nope. No such so. I should have known from the opening scene. (No spoilers). The camera rolls, unedited, for over six minutes, in one room, focused on one guy.
Cringeworthy. Boring. B-O-R-I-N-G. And that sets the pace for the whole flick. Every scene is too long. The camera just lingers, and lingers, as the lines of sparse dialog
are dispersed by a writer who apparently thinks they are funny, or somehow profound. They are neither.
Did I mention none of the characters are likeable, or even make sense? Why does this or that character have such an annoying personality? There's never an explanation. So, please don't waste your time with this. I've wasted enough of mine already.
Review of Thunder Road
