Gridlock'd
Life is a traffic jam.
Life is a traffic jam.
Comedy, Crime, Drama
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1997
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After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
91 min
Release date:
29 Jan 1997
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$5,000,000
Revenue:
$5,600,000
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
An engaging look at a mangy day in the lives of two junkies trying to kick, Gridlock'd would have been a good mid-level B.O. performer even without the interest surrounding it, due to the recent death of co-star Tupac Shakur.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
2 May 2008
fresh:
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.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
The film seems so fresh it's almost possible to forget that it is a fraud in its description of the culture of hard drugs.
– Peter Stack,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
fresh:
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.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
12 Apr 2002
fresh:
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.
– Jack Mathews,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb 2001