A dark, effective satire about drug addiction that offers laughs as well as savage criticism of the US approach to dealing with users.
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05/02/08
Gridlock'd (1997)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:26
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When a friend OD's and winds up in a coma, a mismatched pair of Detroit junkies strive to seek help in kicking their heroin habit in government-sponsored programs, only to find themselves drowning... [More]
Starring: Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandie Newton, Vondie Curtis-Hall
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
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Reviews for Gridlock'd
The film does occasionally lapse into silly slapstick and caricature, but most of the way this is a tough, funny and scary cautionary tale.
01/01/00
The film has a fairly uninteresting narrative motor in its thriller subplot, but hits on an edgy black comic tone for Stretch and Spoon's increasingly pained dealings with the unsympathetic representatives of authority.
02/09/06
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11/07/03
Exposes the obstacles that that two down-and-out men face in their efforts to turn their lives around.
08/28/02
A hard-edged, darkly funny satire about two Detroit junkies who discover if they want to go straight, they'll have to climb a Mt. Everest of forms, paperwork, office referrals, waiting rooms, rules and regulations.
01/01/00
Cast against type as the gentler of two musician junkies trying to burrow through the bureaucracy to enter a rehab clinic in Detroit, Shakur has the relaxed screen presence of a young Wesley Snipes and plays perfectly off the delirious Tim Roth.
02/14/01
Top CriticGridlock'd is refreshing because it's different. The subject matter isn't new, but the approach and tone are.
01/01/00
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11/07/02
A smart, well-made buddy film about two junkies desperate to kick the habit.
01/01/00
Top CriticA surprisingly light-hearted comedy about what happens when two self-imposed exiles from society decide to go straight and look to the system for a little help.
01/01/00
While not entirely successful, there's enough humor and humanism amid gritty urban locations to recommend Gridlock'd.
05/02/08
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12/18/02
Written and directed by actor Vondie Curtis Hall, the film blends savvy and sour-mash humor with bone-deep sadness that recalls predecessors as varied as After Hours and Trainspotting.
10/17/02
Tupac Shakur turned in an excellent final performance.
01/01/00
The film is often quite funny, deftly walking the thin line between the harrowing and the hilarious.
01/01/00
A very underrated film that is also very truthful
09/01/03
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10/30/02
The movie's appeal lies largely in its capacity for surprise, riffing off tired characters and pooped genres to produce, intermittently at least, a fresh new tone. Call it junkie humour.
04/12/02
An ambitious, too ambitious, effort by Curtis Hall that shows talent and a future behind the camera.
04/09/05
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