Watch Roadie 2012 Online
Watch Roadie 2012 Online. Scripted By Cuesta And Brother Gerald (Who Co-Wrote 2001’s Controversial “L.I.E.,” Which Michael Also Directed), “Roadie” Focuses On The Fringes Of Rock, Where Jimmy Testagross (Eldard) Finds Himself At The Ripe-Old-Rock ‘N’ Roll Age Of 40. He’s Been Touring Since The ’80s With Blue Oyster Cult — A Perfect Choice Of Bands To Place Things In The Queens/long Island Milieu In Which “Roadie” Exists. But He’s Been Fired From The Upcoming Tour And, With Nowhere Else To Go, Has Returned To His Mother’s House To Lick His Wounds, Harass His Ex-Employer Via Cell Phone And Enter A Kind Of High School-Informed Time Warp. Watch Roadie film 2012 Online
Shot In Brooklyn And Forest Hills, Queens (Where The Story Is Set), “Roadie” Is Immersed In Blue-Collar New York — In This Case, Italian — From The Stores To The Locals To The Rusting Pontiac That Jimmy Left In The Driveway Of His Neighbors (David Margulies, Catherine Wolf) Some Time Ago. How Long? It’s Unclear: His Mother (Lois Smith) Certainly Hasn’t Seen Him In Years, But She’s Getting A Bit Dotty. What We See, And Jimmy Does Too, Is His Early Retirement To Queens, Caring For Mom. It’s Not A Pretty Picture, Or One That Includes Groupies.
Eldard Gives A Valiant Performance: Jimmy, Who’s Been Toting The Band’s Gear For 20 Years, Is Whiny, Fat, Uninspiring — And A Liar: He’s Not The Band’s Manager Or Songwriter, Which Is How He Presents Himself When He Runs Into Two Blasts From The Past — The Overbearing Randy (Cannavale), Who Tortured Jimmy Through High School (And Still Purposely And Unflatteringly Butchers His Name); And Randy’s Wife, Nikki (Hennessy), Jimmy’s Old Flame And An Aspiring Singer-Songwriter, Who Performs For Crowds Of 30 Or 40 In Forest Hills Bars. That Everyone Is Lost In A Particular Daydream Is Pretty Clear. It’s The Wakeup Call That’s Going To Be Disturbing.
“Roadie” Features Some Wonderfully Evocative Music Out Of Its Characters’ Collective Past (Local Legends The Good Rats, For Instance) But Like Jimmy Himself, It Takes A Bit Of A Push To Get The Pic Going, Which It Gets, Both Emotionally And Dramatically, Thanks Largely To Its Ensemble. Eldard (“True Love,” “Black Hawk Down”), Who Apparently Gained 38 Pounds For The Role, Creates A Character That Invites Both Sympathy And Contempt; Cannavale (“Win Win”) Makes Randy A Perfectly Vile Example Of The Bully Who Never Grew Up, Or Got Beat Up. And Hennessy, Who Seems To Get Better With Each Film, And Who Performs Her Own Music Here Convincingly, Seems The Perfect Embodiment Of The Beauty Who Never Left The Neighborhood, And Should Have.
Summary: Canned From A 20-Year Job As Roadie For Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy Is Broke And Desperate. With Nowhere Else To Go, He Returns Home To Forest Hills, Queens To Visit His Aging Mother, Where A Wild Night With Some Hard-Partying High School Friends Shows Him That Some Things Never Change. From Director Michael Cuesta, “Roadie” Features Powerful Performances From Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy And A Refreshingly Eclectic 70s Hard Rock Soundtrack. Watch Roadie film 2012 Online
This Strange Collaboration Of Zalman King, Alan Rudolph, And Meat Loaf Stands As One Of Cinema’s Big, Cult Oddities — Giving Us The Loaf As A Texas Beer Trucker (Hauling Shiner, By The Way) Who Becomes A Roadie In Order To Impress A Groupie He Encounters. Never Mind That She’s 16 Years Old. Te Film Approximates A Road Trip En Route To An Alice Cooper Show, But The Plot Is Safely Skippable. If Only There Were More Musical Bits (Check The Cast List!) — And The Lead Actors Didn’t Jabber Constantly Over Them.
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