Synopsis
A truck driver has been forced to smuggle illicit cargo to save her brother from a deadly prison gang. With FBI operatives hot on her trail, Sally's conscience is challenged when the final package turns out to be a teenage girl.
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Cast
- Juliette BinocheSally
- Frank GrilloDennis
- Morgan FreemanGerick
- Hala FinleyLeila
- Cameron MonaghanSpecial Agent Finley Sterling
- Veronica FerresRose
- Christiane SeidelClaire
- Jackie DallasDeborah
- Tommie Earl JenkinsBob
- Trayce MalachiPeter
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
Gutto demonstrates welcome restraint and a meticulous avoidance of anything that resembles exploitation, relying on indirect yet impactful allusions to keep us constantly aware of the mortal stakes involved. All in all, this is a singularly promising debut for a first-time feature filmmaker. - 50
Screen Daily
Juliette Binoche may play a seasoned truck driver with a firm grip on the wheel, but Paradise Highway proves to be an unsteady ride, guided by intriguing ideas but hampered by generic tendencies. - 42
The A.V. Club
As intriguing as the combination of Binoche and Grillo might sound, it would be much more impactful if they shared the screen for more than a handful of scenes. As such, the movie begins with a bang, but it ends with a whimper. - 40
The New York Times
If only the film had taken a broader view, filling in more details about the lives and motivations of the truck drivers as well as the sex traffickers. - 38
RogerEbert.com
If you squint you can nearly see the kind of movie Gutto might be aiming for.
