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Rotten Tomatoes: Fresh
Critics Consensus: Fueled by a charismatic cast and the gritty authenticity of writer-director Jeff Nichols' approach, The Bikeriders offers a conventional yet impactful look at motorcycle culture.
| Score | Number of Reviews | Average Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Critics | 82% | 50 | 6.60/10 |
| Top Critics | 88% | 17 | 6.80/10 |
Metacritic: 72 (19 Reviews)
Sample Reviews:
It goes a long way to humanize figures who’ve been long misrepresented on film, while giving audiences privileged access to this inner world. - Peter Debruge, Variety
A striking memory piece. - Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
Some films merely offer you a clockwork plot. Others, like Jeff Nichols’ smokin’ cool “The Bikeriders,” whisk you away with a roar of mood and atmosphere. - Tomris Laffly, TheWrap
The finest movie about motorcycle culture I’ve ever seen. Told with gusto Ă la Goodfellas, this richly evocative look at how a 1960s Midwestern biker club turned into a gang establishes “Elvis” Oscar nominee Austin Butler as a major movie star. - Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal
The whole isn't quite as interesting as the sum of its parts, is another way to put it. The parts, though, are quite good on their own. 3.5/5 - Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
It is an anthropological drama that never cracks its subjects open – an approach that might work on paper, but feels beset by engine troubles on-screen. - Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail
The performances here aren’t subtle exactly: with Comer’s fierce twang, Butler’s soft purr and Hardy’s sibilant Brandoesque drawl. But there’s such enormous potency and impact in everything they do onscreen. 5/5 - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
And yet it’s also largely incurious, and rarely delves beneath the macho posturing of its “bad boy” protagonists, preferring to celebrate their leather-clad camaraderie and the many raw-knuckle donnybrooks that fill their lazy, booze-addled days. 2/5 - Kevin Maher, Times (UK)
Nichols’s film is less interested in telling a story than pinning down a particular time, place and attitude – and does so with such pungent precision, you can all but smell it. 4/5 - Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph (UK)
Jodie Comer roars into her first Great American Film Role. And in his finest effort yet, Mud director Jeff Nichols has given her quite the machine to ride on. - Nick Howells, London Evening Standard
Nichols has merely replaced outlaws with bikers, but they're still ultimately guys clutching desperately at identity and a version of masculinity that is quickly slipping through their fingers. B - Maureen Lee, Lenker Entertainment Weekly
More of a slow burn than a thrill-ride, this study of bygone motorhead mentality at its most visceral and violent is gorgeously shot — but only nicks the surface. 3/5 - Beth Webb, Empire Magazine
It’s a vivid, fleshed-out insider’s eye view of a subculture populated by authentically hard-edged lost souls. - Wendy Ide, Screen International
The singular vibration that Nichols brings to the golden age of motorcycles gives way to the all-too-familiar entropy that ended it... But there’s no denying the Vandals had their day, and it makes for exhilarating stuff. B- - David Ehrlich, indieWire
An affectionate take on a much-romanticized subculture, The Bikeriders purrs along rather than zips, but its stellar cast ensures a smooth ride as Jeff Nichols offers some insights into the highs and lows of a legendary motorcycle gang. 7/10 - Hannah Strong, IGN Movies
The sheer exuberance of the story and the stylistic brio of Jeff Nichols’s direction often compensate for the film’s lack of authenticity. 2.5/4 - David Robb, Slant Magazine
The Bikeriders is worth watching but never enters the realm of truly great cinema. - Kristen Lopez, Kristomania (Substack)
SYNOPSIS:
The Bikeriders captures a rebellious time in America when the culture and people were changing. After a chance encounter at a local bar, strong-willed Kathy (Jodie Comer) is inextricably drawn to Benny (Austin Butler), the newest member of Midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals led by the enigmatic Johnny (Tom Hardy). Much like the country around it, the club begins to evolve, transforming from a gathering place for local outsiders into a dangerous underworld of violence, forcing Benny to choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
CAST:
- Jodie Comer as Kathy
- Austin Butler as Benny
- Tom Hardy as Johnny
- Michael Shannon as Zipco
- Mike Faist as Danny Lyon
- Norman Reedus as Funny Sonny
DIRECTED BY: Jeff Nichols
WRITTEN BY: Jeff Nichols
BASED ON THE BOOK THE BIKERIDERS BY: Danny Lyon
PRODUCED BY: Sarah Green, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Arnon Milchan
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Variv Milchan, Michael Schaefer, Sam Hanson, David Kern, Fred Berger
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Adam Stone
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Chad Keith
EDITED BY: Julie Monroe
COSTUME DESIGNER: Erin Benach
MUSIC BY: David Wingo
MUSIC SUPERVISOR: Lauren Mikus, Bruce Gilbert
CASTING BY: Francine Maisler
RUNTIME: 116 Minutes
RELEASE DATE: June 21, 2024
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