Thunder Road Movie Download

8 / 10

A brilliant one man movie
This is what you the term Hidden
Gem was made for . Originally a short , this was written
, directed and acted by the brilliant Jim Cummings and if it wasn’t a film from two years ago it would be one of my favourites of 2020.

Jim Cummings stars as a police officer from Texas who deals with the death of his mother while giving a heartfelt eulogy at her funeral. Inspired by the music of singer-songwriter, Bruce Springsteen.

There have been many good films ( and bad) about someone having a melt down. It’s kind of heartening In a sick way to see it happening to someone else and not yourself but this melt down is unlike any other I’ve seen on screen.

It’s funny and sad at the same time and the performance from Jim Cummings it amazing .
Jim Armand is a man who’s life is collapsing around him. He’s very angry but he’s not a bad guy , in fact he’s a nice guy , so subsequently his anger is almost apologetic.
Cumming’s has written some wonderful dialogue here and because he’s acting it as well , he absolutely nails it.
The emotional scenes are funny and cringeworthy and you can’t help but root for Jim.

The first ten minutes is an eulogy to his mother at her funeral and it’s breathtakingly brilliant .
Thankfully I don’t go to many funerals but if I did , I want them to be as entertaining as this one!

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