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Critic rating 7.4

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Critic Brian Tallerico
rated 8

When Cummings finds the right balance of dramatic license and believable characterization, “Thunder Road” is exhilarating to watch.

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Critic Alex Godfrey
rated 8

...a tour de force turn from its creator, who delivers an unpredictable performance we’ve never quite seen before.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Mark Kermode
rated 6

There’s real beauty in its evocation of all-too-human awkwardness, embodied in Cummings’s grimaced expression that seems to waver between a smile and a sob.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Morten Kildebæk
rated 8

Cummings er eminent som den sørgende betjent, der hele tiden er ved at bryde sammen.

Read full review at Soundvenue

Cast & Crew

Jim Cummings
As Officer Jim Arnaud
Jim Cummings
Director
Jim Cummings
Writer
Frank Mosley
As Homeless Man
Macon Blair
As Dustin Zahn
Chris Doubek
As Guy in a Nice Suit on a Bicycle
Bill Wise
As The Captain

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1. A struggling cop tries to connect with his daughter and prevent a downward spiral while juggling divorce and the loss of his mother in the South. (en-GB) 2. After his mother's funeral, police officer Jim Arnaud gives an awkward speech about her and tries to dance to Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road," but his CD player malfunctions, and he stumbles away in tears. (es-MX) 3. Police officer Jim Arnaud is going through a rough divorce and is struggling to connect with his daughter Crystal while trying to preserve his mother's legacy by repairing a dance academy she used to run. (fr-FR) 4. When police officer Jim Arnaud receives divorce papers, he becomes distraught after learning that his wife Rosalind seeks full custody of their daughter Crystal; at the custody hearing, a video of him dancing at his mother's funeral is recovered and given to court, leading him to lose the case; angered, he confronts Nate at the police station and fights him in the parking lot before being fired by Chief for pulling out a gun without realizing it during an outburst directed towards two colleagues; depressed Jim goes home in underwear smoking Crystal's old bedroom until Nate visits him for drinking game baseball playground yard before passing out there overnight; next morning packing things up only! At Rosalind's house, where he finds that she has died from a drug overdose and her boyfriend Chris has gone missing when Crystal calls police saying her father slapped her mom’s corpse asking if she wants leaves with him as they head toward Swan Lake performance which brings joyful tears down both faces - these events comprise what happens within "Thunder Road." (pt-BR)

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Thunder Road was released for streaming on October 21, 2018.