Currently sat at 94% on Rotten Tomatoes following glowing notices at Cannes, where it won the Critics Award and Jury Prize, The Florida Project and Tangerine‘s Sean Baker has teamed up with A24 for Red Rocket, the story of a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown. Starring Simon Rex, Bree Elrod and Suzanna Soncheck, you can check out the first trailer below…
The audacious new film from writer-director Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Tangerine), starring Simon Rex in a magnetic, live-wire performance, Red Rocket is a darkly funny and humane portrait of a uniquely American hustler and a hometown that barely tolerates him.
Red Rocket is out on December 1st 2021.