'Gridlock'd' (R)

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Critics' Corner

Richard Harrington - Style section, The director "captures the perpetual regret that nonetheless succumbs to desire."

Desson Howe - Weekend section, "In this hard-edged seriocomedy ... expectations are wonderfully shattered."

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'Gridlock'd'

Scene from this movie

Stretch (Tim Roth), Spoon (Tupac Shakur) and Cookie (Thandie Newton) make up a spoken-word jazz trio in Detroit. Two of the three are junkies and the third, Cookie, overdoses on New Year's Eve. When Stretch and Spoon deposit her at a hospital, they make a guilt-ridden New Year's resolution to get into rehab and kick their habits.

But their bad day gets worse. They go up against an indifferent, sometimes hostile welfare bureaucracy, and evade psycho drug dealers they've inadvertently ripped off and cops who mistake them for cold-blooded killers. The impulse to reform is replaced by the survival instinct. -- Richard Harrington

Director:

Vondie Curtis Hall

Cast:

Tim Roth; Tupac Shakur; Thandie Newton

Running Time:

1 hour, 31 minutes

Filmography:

Tim Roth