Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, ex porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things work, Mikey meets a young woman named Strawberry working the cash register at a local doughnut shop. He falls right back into his old habits.... (Full plot summary below)
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Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, ex porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things work, Mikey meets a young woman named Strawberry working the cash register at a local doughnut shop. He falls right back into his old habits.
Leave your thoughts about Red Rocket.
| EmpireAlex GodfreyA beguiling and beautiful film about a total toerag, Red Rocket is a unique character study: Mikey Saber will charm your socks off, and you’ll hate him for it. |
| The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeFor all the sinister undercurrents, Red Rocket is hilarious throughout. |
| Time OutKaleem AftabRed Rocket is an engrossing state-of-the-nation comedy designed to make us feel so dirty that no amount of washing will remove the sweat from our nether parts. |
| Austin ChronicleTrace SauveurAs is typical by now, Baker (along with cinematographer Drew Daniels) captures the ethos and texture of America on the fringes in a way not many others do. |
| The AtlanticDavid SimsMikey is one of Baker’s most thought-through creations, and Rex brings him to life with terrifying honesty. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperRed Rocket is the latest blazingly original gem from director/co-writer Sean Baker, who in films such as Tangerine and The Florida Project has displayed an uncanny ability to carve out offbeat slices of life in the American subculture. |
| PolygonJoshua RiveraSimon Rex’s performance as Mikey sweeps up everything around it, including the movie’s audience. |
| IndieWireDavid EhrlichRed Rocket is so arresting because of how it keeps hope alive by rescuing devastation from the jaws of happiness. |
| Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangRed Rocket is both a laser-focused character study and a scrappy, scrupulously observed portrait of a tight-knit community. |
| The A.V. ClubA.A. DowdRex is a revelation here, a star reborn. He shrewdly conceals the depths of Mikey’s bone-deep selfishness under a lot of guileless blather, a hapless fool routine. The movie only works if our dawning awareness of his rottenness collides with what a hoot he can be, in all his calculated boylike scampishness. |
