Synopsis
Hours after his release from prison, Jesus Quintana pairs up with fellow misfits Petey and Marie for a freewheeling joyride of petty crime and romance.
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Cast
- John TurturroJesus Quintana
- Audrey TautouMarie
- Bobby CannavalePetey
- Sônia BragaMother
- Jon HammPaul Dominique
- Christopher WalkenWarden
- Susan SarandonJean
- Pete DavidsonJack
- Gloria ReubenLady Owner
- J.B. SmooveThe Mechanic
Recommendations
- 91
Consequence
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. The Jesus Rolls is a touching and singular work, a louche fantasy. - 67
IndieWire
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 lightly fantastical “none of this matters” attitude feels like manna from heaven in an age of interconnected cinematic universes - 60
The New York Times
The movie doesn’t always work, but it’s never boring. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Though Turturro turned this small part into a memorable character for the Coens, Quintana is not so reliably funny here, especially headlining a whole film of very intermittent charm. - 50
Variety
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. - 50
Movie Nation
Every minute that The Jesus isn’t in a bowling alley Turturro and his movie lose a lot of what made him stand out. - 42
Original-Cin
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. - 38
RogerEbert.com
It’s not hard to think that there could be an interesting remake of “Going Places” or an interesting spin-off “The Big Lebowski” to be made — it’s just that this film doesn't work as either.
