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Screen Media Films | Release Date: February 28, 2020 | R

Starring: Audrey Tautou, Bobby Cannavale, Charles Prendergast,

Christopher Walken, Gloria Reuben, JB Smoove, John Turturro, Jon
Hamm, Kathryn Kates, Len Murach, Margaret Reed, Michael
Badalucco, Pete Davidson, Rosa Gilmore, Sable Boykin, Sônia
Braga, Susan Sarandon, Tim Blake Nelson

Summary: The Jesus rolls on. Hours after being released from
prison, Jesus Quintana (John Turturro) pairs up with fellow misfits
Petey (Bobby Cannavale) and Marie (Audrey Tautou), and embark
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on a freewheeling joyride of petty
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Coming and romance.
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Director: John Turturro

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Crime
Rating: R
Runtime: 85 min

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78 #78 Best Movie of 2020

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It feels special, like a kind of prized trinket, a
sun-dappled sexual fantasia, chased by the
specter of death in pursuit of a life of leisure. SEE ALL
The Jesus Rolls is a touching and singular
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David Ehrlich Feb 26, 2020
The freewheeling Jonathan Demme energy
only grows more infectious as the film drifts 
along, Émilie Simon’s buoyant flamenco
score finds the zest in each scene, and the
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lightly fantastical “none of this matters”
attitude feels like manna from heaven in an The Jesus Rolls Th
age of interconnected cinematic universes Tra
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Glenn Kenny Feb 27, 2020
The movie doesn’t always work, but it’s
never boring. Read full review

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Deborah Young Oct 17, 2019
Though Turturro turned this small part into a
memorable character for the Coens,
Quintana is not so reliably funny here,
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intermittent charm. Read full review

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Peter Debruge Oct 17, 2019
In the end, the project doesn’t really work.
The Coen brothers have a touch for the
absurd, and a gift for dialogue, that’s lacking
here, and without those two qualities, Jesus
wears out his welcome relatively early in the
journey. Read full review

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Thom Ernst Feb 27, 2020
It’s not so much whether The Jesus Rolls
fails. It does, but how much it fails depends
on how amped up your expectations are
going into the movie. Read full review

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Michael Rechtshaffen
Feb 27, 2020
A gutter ball of a sophomoric, white middle-
age male sex farce fantasy that quickly
wears out an already tenuous welcome.
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