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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertTrucker sets out on a difficult and tricky path, and doesn't put a foot wrong.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceIt's a smooth ride thanks to Monaghan, and an impressive ensemble.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterAlthough Trucker doesn't have the social import that made "Norma Rae" a hit, it's an affecting, small film that could catch on with sophisticated audiences as well as more down-home types.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfYou sense the Demme-esque working-class comedy that might have been.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenTrucker sometimes feels like a performance in search of a movie.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierWriter-director James Mottern's drama has a lived-in feel, but is notable mainly for Michelle Monaghan's glam-less turn as Diane.
- 50VarietyVarietyPlaying a negligent mother isn't usually the way to get ahead in the acting biz, but the elfin Michelle Monaghan must have seen Trucker as her vehicle out of the ingenue parking lot of sidekicks and potential hostages.
- 50Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderWriter-director James Mottern has a reasonably good feel for the textures of blue-collar life, but he pounds home the life lessons, underscoring them with poignant country-western songs.
- 50New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithStrip away the alt-country soundtrack, though, and you've got a Bette Davis fallen-woman-redeemed picture from 1937.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWhenever an actress takes on a gritty working-class role, the audience does a gut check of authenticity. Either the actress gets it, like Melissa Leo did in "Frozen River," or she doesn't, like Michelle Monaghan as the spoilin'-for-a-fight truck-driver heroine of the inert indie dud Trucker