Rubber
2010, Comedy/Horror, 1h 22m
87 Reviews 10,000+ RatingsWhat to know
A clever premise gets plenty of comic blood and violence, but its hampered by some questionable storytelling techniques from director Quentin Dupieux. Read critic reviews
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Lt. Chad
Sheila
Accountant
Man in Wheelchair
Ethan
Charley
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Critic Reviews for Rubber
All Critics (87) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (60) | Rotten (27)
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Your enjoyment of French filmmaker Quentin's Dupieux's movie depends in large part on your capacity to enjoy the absurd. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
May 5, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
Holy Luis Bunuel. Not nearly as clever as it thinks it is, "Rubber," a movie about movies from French musician/writer/director Quentin Dupieux, would have worked much better as a short.
April 29, 2011 | Rating: D -
[This] audacious and sometimes inspired throwaway is like a "Saturday Night Live" skit sprung from the mind of David Cronenberg or David Lynch.
April 29, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review… -
Rubber will undoubtedly be the best film about a round, hollow serial killer released this year.
April 29, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review… -
If "Rubber'' was half as smart as it is clever, we might be talking gonzo midnight four-star classic here.
April 28, 2011 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
"Rubber" is a silly thing. But it doesn't stop at silly.
April 15, 2011 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Rubber
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Jul 08, 2013Through binoculars, a band of spectators in the desert watch the story of a sentient telekinetic tire who kills, for no reason. Strange, meta-clever and pretty damn funny, if you get the joke (which admittedly demands an odd and rare sense of humor).Greg S Super Reviewer
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Jun 25, 2013This movie is happening in a California desert but is actually a bizarre French comedy about a tire that comes to life and kills people with its psychic powers. I know... I know... that is what I thought at first... but this outstanding piece of work directed and written by Quentin Dupieux deserved to be shown at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. A movie which is a homage to "no reason" - I never thought of that being possible - but I stay corrected! indieWire called the film "one of the more bizarre experiments with genre in quite some time." and that it "does begin to wear out its welcome around the sixty minute mark, but you can't blame Dupieux for giving it a shot." I fully agree with that statement - he wanted to do it and did it the best way he knew how. I would prefer it in shorter version, though... story has a feel being stretched to the max. It had feeling of intellectual wanking but not even close to the scale of Tree of Life because this movie was disguised as a B-film of the lowest order. If you thought it would be a good idea to watch a spoof which uses the very same footage he mocks, and enjoying smart movie fit for the absurdist theatre with its silliness - choose this one!Panta O Super Reviewer
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Apr 03, 2013[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img]Directors C Super Reviewer
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Jan 03, 2013You will not find much horrific or frightening about this film, assuming you're not too sensitive and have been exposed to a horror film before in your life. I see this film to be more of an exploitation / comedy film. It's a film about a killer tire's journey as a killer tire, while you have an audience well equipped with binoculars watching along with you. The movie was clever and amusing, and I did enjoy watching through it. Personally, I found this film to be more enjoyable than the mediocre (though I do admit it has it's place in horror history) "Scream."Horrific R Super Reviewer
Rubber Quotes
| Lieutenant Chad: | Lieutenant Chad: In the Steven Spielberg movie E.T., why is the alien brown? No reason. In Love Story, why do the two characters fall madly in love with each other? No reason. In Oliver Stone's JFK, why is the President suddenly assassinated by some stranger? No reason. In the excellent Chain Saw Massacre by Tobe Hooper, why don't we ever see the characters go to the bathroom or wash their hands like people do in real life? Absolutely no reason. Worse, in The Pianist by Polanski, how come this guy has to hide and live like a bum when he plays the piano so well? Once again the answer is, no reason. I could go on for hours with more examples. The list is endless. You probably never gave it a thought, but all great films, without exception, contain an important element of no reason. And you know why? Because life itself is filled with no reason. Why can't we see the air all around us? No reason. Why are we always thinking? No reason. Why do some people love sausages and other people hate sausages? No fucking reason. |
| Film Buff Charley: | Her ass is not that great, but I understand. |
| Film Buff Ethan: | You're hard to pleased. It is fine with me. |
| Woman: | You know you're not allowed to film the film. That is forbidden by law. |
| Dad: | It is? |
| Woman: | Yeah, they'll put you in jail for that. |
| Man in Wheelchair: | Its not the end! He's be reincarnated as a tricycle! Lol |
| Man in Wheelchair: | It's not the end! He's be reincarnated as a tricycle! |
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