Movie Review - Trucker (2009)

Starring Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt, and Jimmy Bennett
Directed by James Mottern

When I am going to learn that Roger Ebert's word stands for nothing anymore? Granted, I didn't read his review of this flick, but on the website of the theater I saw this at today, there was a quote from him that said something along the lines of "Michelle Monaghan deserves to be nominated for an Oscar for this role. Four stars."

Let me tell you something, Roger. She doesn't at all. Not even remotely. And this isn't even close to a four star movie. What the hell were you smoking?

And it's not that Monaghan was godawful as Diane, a trucker whose son she gave away appears on her doorstep one afternoon. It's just that she was given some ridiculous things to spout and, as a character, you never really get any sense of evolution. It's darn obvious that her tough-as-nails trucker character is going to end up having a "heart of gold" in the end, but there are really no reasons for her to have gotten to that point. The character's really a failure and while it's mostly because of the way it was written, I think Monaghan also had something to do with it. I never believed that she was tough for a second...and that's a problem.

Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt, and the kid Jimmy Bennett were all pretty awful as well.

There's nothing here...don't bother at all.

The RyMickey Rating: D