Jesus Rolls (2019)

Jesus Rolls: Directed by John Turturro. With John Turturro, Bobby Cannavale, Audrey Tautou, Susan Sarandon. A trio of misfits whose irreverent, sexually charged dynamic evolves into a surprising love story as their spontaneous and flippant attitude towards the past or future backfires time and again.

“This is a strange one.nMany are saying that if you go in with expectations youu0026#39;ll be disappointed, the fact u0026#39;The Jesusu0026#39; has been placed in this strange brew encourages and stokes those expectations and it is naive to think it wouldnu0026#39;t.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA remake with an existing character thrown in (from a beloved cult movie no less) and the only reference to the characters origins are to unpick a troublesome character detail and send him out on the road.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePassable, modestly funny in places but grindingly and conspicuously zany most of the time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCouple this with Turturrou0026#39;s u0026#39;Fading Gigolou0026#39; and a pattern might be emerging about the directoru0026#39;s desire to place himself in roles where he can direct Vanessa Paradise, Sharon Stone and now Audrey Tautou to find him irresistible.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt best a mildly diverting film youu0026#39;ll likely dismiss at worst an unnecessary annex to the Lebowski myth that could easily have been made with no connection to it.nMoribund.”