But man, Mikey does try. In some ways, Red Rocket is Sean Baker's most mainstream movie yet. Echoing Mikey's nostalgia for the early 2000s is an unexpected but upbeat anthem that follows him ...

The audacious new film from writer-director Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Tangerine), starring Simon Rex in a magnetic, live-wire performance, Red Rocket is a darkly funny and humane portrait ...