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- 2013
- Not Rated
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 33 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 33 m
Summary An ambitious Lebanese-American youth is forced to take over his family's gas station after his father's death.
Directed By: Rola Nashef
Written By: Heather Kolf, Jennifer Ginzinger, Rola Nashef
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 33 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 33 m
Detroit Unleaded
59
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Summary An ambitious Lebanese-American youth is forced to take over his family's gas station after his father's death.
Directed By: Rola Nashef
Written By: Heather Kolf, Jennifer Ginzinger, Rola Nashef
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
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14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
59
57% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
29% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Detroit Unleaded is about as gentle as comedies come these days, commendably so.
A lively slice-of-life that uses familiar romantic-comedy tropes and a vibrant cast of characters to humorously explore family relationships, cultural identity and love.
Director Rola Nashef's visuals can be clunky, and her script's conversational dialogue is occasionally stilted. Nonetheless, she draws her characters in sharp lines, so that the gaggle of customers who frequent Sami's workplace...feel not like types but, rather, like diverse individuals.
It compellingly engages with the specific problems of a cultural group rarely represented in American film, but it too easily and abruptly resolves its main characters' problems.
The film’s engine stalls from time to time, but it never dies—much like the city it’s set in.
It winningly pays homage to the apparently nationwide fraternity of Arab-American mini-mart owners, while letting the Motor City setting provide the economic commentary.
The trouble here is a lack of texture and urgency.
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Production Company
Gas Afterhours
Release Date Nov 15, 2013
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Don't be such a dreamcrusher, bro.
Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Gotham Awards
• 1 Nomination
