
Paul Harris works at a small research facility on the outskirts of Boston. After a weekend tryst with a co-worker leaves him wanting more, his unreciprocated desires gradually mold into an acute infatuation. When Danielle takes interest in a new scientist at the laboratory, Paul's suppressed resentments and perverse delusions finally become unhinged, triggering a horrific course of events that mercilessly engulf a tortured past and fugitive present.... (Full plot summary below)
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Paul Harris works at a small research facility on the outskirts of Boston. After a weekend tryst with a co-worker leaves him wanting more, his unreciprocated desires gradually mold into an acute infatuation. When Danielle takes interest in a new scientist at the laboratory, Paul's suppressed resentments and perverse delusions finally become unhinged, triggering a horrific course of events that mercilessly engulf a tortured past and fugitive present.
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| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...this is impressive filmmaking, especially from a filmmaker who also delivers a complex, sympathetic performance despite his character's unsettling characteristics. |
| IndiewireEric KohnRubberneck has more in common with the growing Karpovsky oeuvre than it may appear -- and even inadvertently critiques it. |
| Village VoiceErnest HardyKarpovsky is unsettlingly good as Paul, and Newman's Danielle is sexy and layered. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA character-driven take on true-crime fare, Alex Karpovsky's Rubberneck marks a solid dramatic turn for a filmmaker best known for playing comedic parts in indie films like "Tiny Furniture." |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe movie is scattershot (intense at some moments, slack at others), but it earns its docu-style creepiness, and Karpovsky's stretch as an actor is daring and authentic. |
| amNewYorkRobert LevinAlex Karpovsky's performance digs out the character's menacing, damaged and sympathetic qualities in equal measure. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibUnlike Steven Soderbergh's twisty "Side Effects," Karpovsky's picture seldom surprises, its strengths lying in a leisurely journey toward a clearly predestined denouement. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirRubberneck immediately put me in mind of the classic slow burn of vintage thrillers like Fritz Lang’s “M” and Michael Powell’s “Peeping Tom,” although Karpovsky and co-writer Garth Donovan have cited all kinds of other things, from “Michael Clayton” to “Caché” to “Fatal Attraction.” |
| Bloomberg NewsGreg Evans"Rubberneck" charts Paul's mental deterioration, the tension stretched well beyond his breaking point and my patience. |
| Boston PhoenixPeter KeoughA disturbing and deceptively subtle psychological thriller ... |