After 20 years on the road with Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy Testagros returns to his hometown to life with his ailing mother. Complications arise when he falls for an old friend, who is now married to his longtime nemesis.
Roadie has the stench of freshman-year mandatory creative writing all over it, from its cribs of Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller to an ending that's embarrassingly, clangingly metaphorical.
– Alonso Duralde,
TheWrap,
5 Jan 2012
fresh:
"Roadie" is short on narrative momentum, but it's a perfectly attuned character study of this rock relic and his middle-aged sorrows.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
6 Jan 2012
rotten:
While the excellent cast does its level, honest best with the material, the material itself feels secondhand throughout.
– Glenn Kenny,
MSN Movies,
6 Jan 2012
fresh:
The hugely sympathetic Eldard ("Super 8") gives this slim movie a real, beating heart.
– Rafer Guzman,
Newsday,
20 Jan 2012
fresh:
A lot of what takes place in "Roadie" feels overly familiar, and the film could have been a wallow in pathos except for the performances, especially that of Eldard.