Thunder Road (2018)

Jim is in crisis. He's a cop whose marriage has recently broken up and whose mother has just died. He's clearly not someone who would be considered "stable" in the best of circumstances, but his recent upheavals seem to be magnifying his issues.

This is a bizarre story. The acting is amazing and we were genuinely interested throughout, but if I'd had to spend much more time in Jim's company, I probably would've had to stretch the viewing over a couple of days. His behavior was almost too cringey to take in a single sitting. This feeling seems to be deliberate on the part of the filmmaker, as everyone in his life seems to share it: his daughter, ex-wife, partner, boss, and siblings. I see that this was a short film first -- I bet it was stronger for its brevity.

B-