Red Rocket

Fun and disturbing at the same time.
Great filmmaking and visuals, twisted, Simon Rex owns this role (probably because he’s pulling from a lot from his own experience), and funny.
It’s also remarkably accesible for an A24 film, assuming you’re the kind of active viewer who doesn’t need to be spoonfed how to feel.
Very easy recommendation.

8/10

This film is so fucked in every best way and Simon Rex turns out a complete unhinged performance and is phenomenal. Sean Baker is a gift of a director

The best thing NSYNC has done in years

On paper, you should despise Red Rocket's protagonist, ex-porn star Mikey, on so many levels. Nonetheless, you occasionally root for him, owing largely to Simon Rex's exceptional performance. He plays the role so energetically that you are dragged along by his charisma. There is probably also a lot of Rex himself in the role. I can absolutely understand why he was considered for several awards.

However, credit must also be given to director Sean Baker and the entire crew. Red Rocket looks fantastic, especially given the limited budget. Baker also outdid himself in terms of casting. Every single role is flawlessly cast, with the majority of the actors being relatively unknown. The film is a little too long, but it never becomes boring. Overall, Red Rocket is an engrossing milieu study that I would recommend to almost anyone.

Mikey is an unlikeable character but that doesn't mean you won't like hanging out with him! A very well acted film with a cast of mosly non professionals and an enjoyable story that takes some dark turns.

The screenplay is probably the best part here, as it effectively builds the tension throughout the film, avoiding the trivial ending otherwise expected. The setting in an ordinary American Midwest environment is also well realized. It may lack however specific meanings or devices to make this movie really remarkable and to remember, but it is still very good.

Great assortment of characters, all equally toxic for different reasons. The film’s strength is built around its wry humor. Instead of making you laugh on the spot, it intelligently draws connections to earlier details or inverts roles and stances as the power balance between characters morphs along the way.

Although far from being a slow film, it could have been a tad more concise.

Simon Rex does an amazing job at playing a character by the name of Mikey. Mikey is the kind of guy that everyone has known someone like him at one point in their lives. Someone who is full of lies, fake stories, and always up to one scheme or another just to get by and make ends meet. Even though you see through their BC, you also seem to think maybe thinks are actually starting to look up for them, just to find out they where caught up in another web of lies, and to watch it all come crashing down on them. What’s funny is that these same type of men always seem to meet a nice young lady, who they eventually end up dragging through the mud and ruining their lives.

Like an old, suburban sidewalk, this is cracked and uneven but it'll get you where you're going.

This story of an adult film actor who returns to his past and meets his future is as charming as the the character thinks he is but really isn't. Not unlike the lead actor whose talent stretches thin in the emotional scenes and the script which feels like it hits the wrong beats.

Anyway, I only came to watch this for Suzanna Son (though I didn't know it until the instant she walked on the screen).

This movie isn't Comedy. This is very serious situation. Every minute of movie feels Attacking USA. Attacks USA's Flag, culture, Industry and etc.
But small movie from independent Film Makers. So don't Raise your hope for this movie. Enjoy it.

This culture is alien to me, it was kind of confusing and amazing to watch..