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Trailers | October 6, 2009 | Comments (15)

There’s a movie coming out in very limited release this weekend which, despite its cast, has gotten absolutely no press. It’s an indie film, from director James Mottern, and it’s quite possible that it doesn’t even deserve press. But the trailer looks fantastic, if you’re into movies with great performances. It’s about a female truck driver, played by the ohmygod she’s gorgeous Michelle Monaghan (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Gone Baby Gone), who takes in her estranged 11-year-old son.

The reason I’m surprised I haven’t run across it yet is that Nathan Fillion also has a role in the film (though it’s probably small), as do Benjamin Bratt and Joey Lauren Adams (hey! What happened to her?). It’s gotten decent reviews, with particular focus on Michelle Monaghan’s performance (and one critic even pointed out its similarities to Melissa Leo’s performance in Frozen River, which was my first thought when I saw the trailer).

It premieres this weekend in a handful of theaters in NYC, San Diego, and Pittsburgh, and even one theater in Kentucky and New Mexico (presumably geared toward their truck driver population?) Here’s a complete list. We probably won’t manage to get to it until its DVD release, but it looks promising. Plus, you know, there’s the Fillion.


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Comments

Yeah, but what's it called?

Posted by: the_wakeful at October 6, 2009 11:41 AM

*sigh* This picture made my day. Also, this movie looks like it has the potential to be lovely. Or awful. But probably lovely.

Posted by: esme at October 6, 2009 12:04 PM

New Mexico? Cool. George can't bitch about living in a cultural wasteland anymore.

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at October 6, 2009 12:11 PM

Yes he can, as it's probably playing here in Albuquerque, and I believe he's down south somewhere.

Posted by: e at October 6, 2009 1:18 PM

and I spoke too soon, it's playing in Gallup.

Posted by: e at October 6, 2009 1:19 PM

It’s about a female truck driver, played by the ohmygod she’s gorgeous Michelle Monaghan...

One: How many female truck drivers have you seen?
Two: How many attractive truck drivers have you seen?
Three: How many attractive female truck drivers have you seen?

Yeah, see, I call bullshit. She's way too tiny and way too hot to be a truck driver.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at October 6, 2009 1:31 PM

There's a bit of a cornball factor here.

Posted by: Cindy at October 6, 2009 1:48 PM

So if I want to see this movie, I have to travel to Portland, Maine? Why would I ever want to do such a thing?

Posted by: Nicole at October 6, 2009 2:05 PM

A week ago, on the way to see It might Get Loud at the Circle, I saw a trucker deftly maneuver through a very tight intersection and when I looked in the cab to see the magnificent, coors-light swilling, redneck bastard that had pulled it off, I beheld instead an attractive female trucker. Whether she had Mal in her sleeper cab bunk, I wouldn't care to speculate.

Posted by: laredo at October 6, 2009 2:37 PM

Hey! Is this a remake of Over the Top? Awesome.

Posted by: Trampy at October 6, 2009 2:39 PM

I have to say, unlikeliness aside, it does look pretty good, and I usually hate heartwarming shit like this.

Posted by: Smokin at October 6, 2009 2:50 PM

*sigh*

How can it be that after so many years, I still miss Mal and the crew and want to see more of them (but exspecially Mal)?

Well, I'll take Fillion pretty much any way I can get him.

Posted by: Jerce at October 6, 2009 6:41 PM

Jerce, you're not alone. Not alone at all.

And all the unlikeliness aside, one might as well go see that movie - looks like two hours well spent.

Posted by: Padame at October 7, 2009 8:21 AM

Wait a minute. What? Are you telling me that a limited release film is actually opening in fucking GALLUP? Happy Birthday to me!

Now, if they would only get Paranormal Activity up here, I could die happy.

Posted by: bibliophile at October 7, 2009 8:43 AM

I think I want to see it just because Matthew Lawrence has an actual credit in it. Man, I loved Boy Meets World.

Posted by: Annie UhOh at October 7, 2009 11:00 PM





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