Trucker (2008)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

James Mottern

Writer (WGA):

James Mottern (written by)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A truck driver looks to turn her carefree life around after she takes in her estranged 11-year-old son. |

Plot Keywords:

One Word Title

Cast

Michelle Monaghan	...	Diane Ford
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joey Lauren Adams	...	Jenny Bell
Jimmy Bennett	...	Peter
Mika Boorem
Benjamin Bratt	...	Leonard Bonner
Nathan Fillion	...	Runner
Brandon Hanson
Dennis Hayden	...	Trucker
Bryce Johnson	...	Rick
Franklin Dennis Jones	...	Jonnie
Matthew Lawrence
Elizabeth Rivera	...	Dive bar female / Restroom scene
Johnny Simmons	...	Actor
Stephen Sowan

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexuality, language, brief drug use involving minors, and a sexual assault.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45322)

Filming Locations:

Bloomington, California, USA

Company:

Plum Pictures

Trivia:

Michelle Monaghan learned to drive a big rig for the film.

"Trucker" is amazingly.........

"Trucker" is amazingly...bad. I had no plans to see this film at Tribeca, but when a kind soul 'gifted' me two tickets just prior to the sold-out screening...I could not resist as I am a big fan of Michelle M. (loved her in "Gone Baby Gone").

Reading the director's comments in the program prior to the film, I suddenly became excited as he was apparently heavily influenced by great 70's films like "The Last Detail" and "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." Unfortunately, once the film began...all hope for anything remotely fresh or interesting ceased. What a boat load full of cliché after cliché. Michelle M. with all of her star power, can barely muster the strength to give this turkey any legs.

When the film ended, I just sat in my seat and wondered how does this trite...been there done that 100 times over...sad wanna-be "auteur" film get made? Michelle's new rom-com opens next weekend with Patrick Dempsey...I have higher hopes for that one.