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- 2020
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 25 m
- 2020
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 25 m
Summary The Jesus rolls on. Hours after being released from prison, Jesus Quintana (John Turturro) pairs up with fellow misfits Petey (Bobby Cannavale) and Marie (Audrey Tautou), and embark on a freewheeling joyride of petty crime and romance.
Directed By: John Turturro
- 2020
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 25 m
- 2020
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 25 m
The Jesus Rolls
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Summary The Jesus rolls on. Hours after being released from prison, Jesus Quintana (John Turturro) pairs up with fellow misfits Petey (Bobby Cannavale) and Marie (Audrey Tautou), and embark on a freewheeling joyride of petty crime and romance.
Directed By: John Turturro
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Metascore
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Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
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Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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15% Positive
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62% Mixed
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23% Negative
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It feels special, like a kind of prized trinket, a sun-dappled sexual fantasia, chased by the specter of death in pursuit of a life of leisure. The Jesus Rolls is a touching and singular work, a louche fantasy.
The movie doesn’t always work, but it’s never boring.
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Every minute that The Jesus isn’t in a bowling alley Turturro and his movie lose a lot of what made him stand out.
Though Turturro turned this small part into a memorable character for the Coens, Quintana is not so reliably funny here, especially headlining a whole film of very intermittent charm.
It’s not hard to tell that this Big Lebowski spin-off involved neither Coen Brother. Fair play to Turturro for going in such a strange direction, and assembling a pretty killer cast, but it’s unlikely to satisfy even the most ardent Quintana enthusiast.
It’s not hard to think that there could be an interesting remake of “Going Places” or an interesting spin-off “The Big Lebowski” to be made — it’s just that this film doesn't work as either.
A gutter ball of a sophomoric, white middle-age male sex farce fantasy that quickly wears out an already tenuous welcome.
