Thunder Road - la battaglia di un padre per riavere la figlia

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https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/thunderroad

Molto toccante e drammatico anche se il protagonista è piuttosto sopra le righe, lui parla di dislessia ma è chiaro un certo bipolarismo, che non fa che farci sentire ancora più vicini.
C'è un tutta la realtà del padre che lotta per la figlia: un lavoro cui tiene e che finisce per perdere, una figlia che vuol stare con la madre perché le lascia fare quello che vuole (compreso truccarsi, a 8 anni), una ex moglie drogata che sta con un pessimo soggetto e che chiede subdolamente l'affido totale della figlia; un giudice severo che dà più peso ad una manifestazione del dolore dell'uomo che non alla vita borderline della madre, ecc. ecc.
Rimane un finale che dà speranza, ma a quale prezzo.
Consigliato

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Inopinatamente entuasiasta la critica:

The feature version received positive reviews from critics and audiences. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 96%, with an average rating of 7.73/10, based on 80 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "Thunder Road deftly balances emotionally affecting drama against bruising comedy - and serves as an outstanding calling card for writer-director-star Jim Cummings."[6]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote "This is one of the first dramas to dig deep into America's heartland crisis — the crush of the spirit that has emerged from a collapsing job market and drug addiction and the underlying loss of faith. In Thunder Road, Cummings creates an indelible character who is all tangled up in that disaster, but with a stubbornness that turns into something like valor, he wriggles free of it. He saves himself by becoming a human being. It's a relief to stop laughing at him, only to realize that you may want to cry for him."[7] Alex Godfrey of Empire gave the film 4 stars out of 5, saying "Thunder Road is a tour de force turn from its creator, who delivers an unpredictable performance we've never quite seen before. Sat in the cinema, too close for comfort, you can't escape him, and, amazingly, you don't really want to. It is cringingly, rewardingly intimate."[8]

David Fear of Rolling Stone called the film "an instant classic," saying "On paper, Thunder Road sounds like a hard sell — so we're supposed to sympathize with some God's Lonely Man type with unresolved anger issues, much less a possibly violent one with a badge? But Cummings lets you see how this fractured guy, someone who's trying to untangle a legacy of wrong turns and emotional instability, is trying to achieve some sort of peace and clarity through all of his clouded, fucked-up feelings as well."[9]