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Roger Ebert started the Oscar campaign for Michelle Monaghan, championing her in the indie drama Trucker. "Her performance clearly deserves an Oscar nomination," he wrote. You can't be much more direct than that. Marcy is not so sure. Read her review.
Trucker, the first film by writer-director James Mottern, premiered at Sundance and is currently in theaters.Review: Trucker originally appeared on About.com World / Independent Film on Thursday...
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Michelle Monaghan and Jimmy Bennett in Trucker
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Picked up and added to the release schedule out of the blue, it seems the primary reason James Mottern's Trucker is making the rounds is an attempt by Monterey Media to score some award season attention for its lead star Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible III). Playing a [...]
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"Trucker" has all the makings of a melodramatic, mawkish lunge for Oscar gold.
A struggling single-mom and trucker is forced to reconnect with the 11-year-old son she hasn't seen since he was a baby after his dad with whom he has been living comes down with terminal colon cancer. It's the kind of role a glamorous mega-star might take to prove her thespian credentials.
Thankfully, first-time director/writer James Mottern didn't - or perhaps...
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