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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 24 Nov 2009

The overall story serves as a metaphor for American life, where too many people spend a lot of time keeping busy without ever really enjoying…

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By Geoff T (113) on 23 Nov 2009

Horrible. At least the first hour was, so I turned it off…

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By Katie H (465) on 18 Nov 2009

This might be the best movie I've seen all year. Maybe in multiple years. It's amazing…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 29 Oct 2009

Written and directed by James Mottern with more attention to character than to plot, Trucker is a simple, unadorned study of a loner forced…

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By Marcy Dermansky (134) for About.com (1,470) on 20 Oct 2009

Monaghan's good, despite being too pretty, and the film, with a melodramatic storyline that seems perfect for a Hallmark TV movie, is good, too…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for Movie Retriever (197) on 20 Oct 2009

Features spectacular performances but these excellent actors are required to do too much heavy lifting with a script that plays out too predictably…

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By Randy M (359) on 18 Oct 2009

Fine performances, even though some of the film is predictable. But a lot of it unfolded in ways I didn't expect…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 13 Oct 2009

Whenever an actress takes on a gritty working-class role, the audience does a gut check of authenticity…

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By Mark Peikert (39) for New York Press (561) on 13 Oct 2009

You want to like Trucker. You really do. But writer-director James Mottern makes it awfully hard with his washed-out, predictable aesthetic…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Back Stage (35) on 08 Oct 2009

With the sad state of the indie business Trucker may make a fast exit to Netflix, but thanks to Michelle Monaghan it's a trip worth taking…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 08 Oct 2009

Writer-director James Mottern's drama has a lived-in feel, but is notable mainly for Michelle Monaghan's glam-less turn as Diane…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 08 Oct 2009

Trucker sometimes feels like a performance in search of a movie…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 08 Oct 2009

Strip away the alt-country soundtrack, though, and you've got a Bette Davis fallen-woman-redeemed picture from 1937…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 07 Oct 2009

Even if the film dutifully hits all the old notes, its characters are interesting, its California desert setting is novel, and its cast works…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for MSNBC (243) on 06 Oct 2009

Were it not for Michelle Monaghan's convincingly dirt-under-the-fingernails performance in the title role, there would be absolutely nothing…

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By Andrew Schenker (354) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 06 Oct 2009

In his tough-minded commitment to both his characters and to their lower-middle-class milieu, the filmmaker recasts his potentially disastrous…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 06 Oct 2009

You sense the Demme-esque working-class comedy that might have been…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 06 Oct 2009

Thanks to sensitive direction and a natural, exemplary script, both of which by the talented and never syrupy James Mottern, Trucker holds…

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By Andrew E (534) on 25 Jul 2009

A female truck driver has to take charge of her estranged 11 year old son when her ex husband is taken ill…

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By David D'arcy (130) for Screen International (2,241) on 17 Oct 2008

Even with some fine acting, this film can be a long tiring ride…

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