<em>Red Rocket</em> Is a Terrifyingly Honest Look at a Shameless Man
The film’s lead is reprehensible and self-aggrandizing––and mesmerizing to watch.
by David Sims
Dec 05, 2021
3 minutes
Mikey Saber, the preening, confident chump who’s the ostensible hero of Sean Baker’s new film, , enters on-screen to a loud and familiar tune: “Bye Bye Bye,” by *NSync. The song is a piece of mainstream pop from yesteryear (it’s a shiver-inducing 21 years old), and its usage in this arty indie film seems laced with irony. Baker knows, though, that for all its non-subtlety, “Bye Bye Bye” is still as catchy as it was the day of
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