Rubberneck (2013)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 8
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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 5
No consensus yet.
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Months after a weekend fling, Boston research scientist Paul (Alex Karpovsky, "Girls") continues to lust after his beautiful coworker Danielle (Jamie Ray Newman), nurturing his fantasies with the occasional polite exchange at work. But once she starts dating another scientist at their lab, his infatuation quickly turns into obsession - and he finds himself unable to control his desires. A slow-burn character study-turned-psychosexual thriller, co-written by Karpovsky and Garth Donovan,
Feb 22, 2013 Limited
Tribeca Film
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Cast
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Alex Karpovsky
Paul Harris -
Jaime Ray Newman
Danielle Jenkins -
Amanda Good Hennessey
Linda Burke -
Dennis Staroselsky
Chris Burke -
Dakota Shepard
Kathy -
Sean Sullivan
Detective Timmons -
Richard Forbes
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Marianna Bassham
Marsha Burke -
Gabriel Kuttner
Ken -
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Linda Oroskzo
Jenine -
Andrew Horowitz
Young Paul -
Luke Donovan
Sean Harris -
William DeCof
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Jeffrey McInerney
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Joan Fleishman Bachenheim...
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Nancy Gahagan
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Leroy Brown
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Quig Fenno
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All Critics (20) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (8)
A creepy number, half suspense drama and half brooding character study, with a strong dash of local flavor and a low-budget feel.
Top CriticKarpovsky's pic seldom surprises, its strengths lying in a leisurely journey toward a clearly predestined denouement.
One can only watch so many shots of the daily goings-on in a research facility without tuning out a bit.
Immediately put me in mind of the classic slow burn of vintage thrillers like Fritz Lang's "M" and Michael Powell's "Peeping Tom"...
It's dragged down by non-scene after non-scene, and filmmaking choices that don't earn their keep.
Both the mystery and the character piece wind up feeling incomplete.
Alex Karpovsky's performance digs out the character's menacing, damaged and sympathetic qualities in equal measure.
A disturbing and deceptively subtle psychological thriller ...
"Rubberneck" charts Paul's mental deterioration, the tension stretched well beyond his breaking point and my patience.
Rubberneck feels more like an attempt to pull off a psychological thriller than a credible example of same, as if it were a sample reel for some future project.
Boston-area actor-writer-director Alex Karpovsky creates an original story of obsession, delusion and murder that is fresh and well made.
Although it's initially jarring to see Karpovsky tackle overly serious material both behind and in front of the camera, "Rubberneck" has more in common with the growing Karpovsky oeuvre than it may appear -- and even inadvertently critiques it.
With Hitchcockian self-assurance, Karpovsky is able to inject an element of surprise and uncertainty even into the film's final moments.
The film takes on high-concept ideas that it can't sustain, and which only make its other problems more obvious.
...this is impressive filmmaking, especially from a filmmaker who also delivers a complex, sympathetic performance despite his character's unsettling characteristics.
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