Clayton Davis It’s icky, it’s uncomfortable, but “Red Rocket” is also daring and funny, resulting in co-writer and director Sean Baker’s best outing as a filmmaker yet.
If audiences and award voters can get past the more risqué elements, the A24 feature could have a fighting chance in a still wide-open awards season.The film’s success begins and ends with actor Simon Rex, who dives headfirst into a career-defining performance.
Rex’s story is well known in media, as he got his start appearing in solo scenes in porno movies before becoming a model and MTV DJ.
After dipping into TV with stints in “Felicity” and as a scene-stealing white rapper in “Scary Movie 3,” he’s mostly flown under-the-radar in Hollywood.
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