The read
Audiences rate it 47 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
A portrait of Rockets Redglare, the morbidly obese fixture of New York's underground until his death in 2001. Rockets was the sometimes bodyguard/drug dealer of Sid Vicious and Jean Michel Basquiat, as well as a talented stand-up comic and character actor who left his indelible mark wherever he went. This film chronicles Rockets' last days, hunting for methadone in Puerto Rico and telling stories from his past.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Metacritic27/100
Audiences rate it 47 points higher than critics do.
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Luis Fernandez de la RegueraDirector
Cast
- Rockets RedglareSelf
- Willem DafoeSelf
- Jim JarmuschSelf
- Steve BuscemiSelf
- Matt DillonSelf
- Julian SchnabelSelf
- Alexandre RockwellSelf
- Molly GriffithSelf
- Nick ZeddSelf