Red Rocket
2021 | 130m | English
Popularity: 15 (history)
| Director: | Sean Baker |
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| Writer: | Chris Bergoch, Sean Baker |
| Staring: |
| Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things work, Mikey meets a young woman named Strawberry working the cash register at a local doughnut shop. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 10, 2021 |
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| Director: | Sean Baker |
| Writer: | Chris Bergoch, Sean Baker |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | texas, relationship problems, narcissism, porn star, estranged wife, selfishness, ex-husband ex-wife relationship, return home, 2010s, return to hometown, texas city, unlikeable protagonist |
| Production Companies | FilmNation Entertainment, Cre Film |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,200,000
Budget: $1,100,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Simon Rex | Mikey |
| Suzanna Son | Strawberry |
| Bree Elrod | Lexi |
| Ethan Darbone | Lonnie |
| Brenda Deiss | Lil |
| Judy Hill | Leondria |
| Brittney Rodriguez | June |
| Marlon Lambert | Ernesto |
| Vickie Pearce | Manager #1 |
| Bashir Abboud | Manager #2 |
| Kevin Cavanaugh | Manager #3 |
| Caressa Garza | Manager #4 |
| Melary Jones | Leondria's Friend #1 |
| Najeeb Hassan | Quick Stop Clerk |
| Leigh Ann Welch | Leondria's Friend #2 |
| Debra Johnson | Yard Sale Seller |
| Alex Michell | Dancer #1 |
| Curt Smith | Club DJ |
| Shih-Ching Tsou | Ms. Phan |
| Andrew Carter | Hungry Hard Hat #1 |
| Stanley Buffington | Hungry Hard Hat #2 |
| Daniel Gonzalez | Hungry Hard Hat #3 |
| Robert Gonzales | Hungry Hard Hat #4 |
| Zachary Kemp | Hungry Hard Hat #5 |
| Efrain Avendaño | Hungry Hard Hat #6 |
| Shawn Harper | Hungry Hard Hat #7 |
| David Maxwell | Lonnie's Dad |
| Nate Venz | Buff Veteran |
| Anthony Carvelli | Blonde Veteran |
| Parker Bigham | Nash |
| Brandy Kirl | Nash's Mother |
| Dustin Hart | Nash's Father |
| Allison Fuller | Homeowner |
| Dimitri Manetas | Club Owner |
| Roza Kastis | Club Worker |
| Alayna Polk | Dancer #2 |
| Karren Karagulian | Arash (voice) |
| Darinda Fuller | Interviewee |
| Lindsey Fuller | Studio Reporter |
| Elisa Silva | Reporter |
| Gary Fuller | Attorney |
| Seward B. Lott | June's Friend 'B' |
| Mason Shortland | Marcus - Store Patron (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Stephonik Youth | Production Design, Set Decoration, Property Master |
| Samantha Quan | Key Makeup Artist |
| Shih-Ching Tsou | Additional Casting, Key Set Costumer, Continuity, Costume Supervisor |
| Alex Coco | Location Manager, Post Production Supervisor, First Assistant Director |
| Chin-Wei Chang | Graphic Designer |
| Leena Gundapaneni | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| G.W. Brown | Dialogue Editor |
| Mike Melendi | Assistant Editor |
| Jeril Joseph | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Armin Karbaf | ADR Recordist |
| Robi Thomas Vizhayil | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Laura Pino | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Eldho Thomas | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Fayis Ismail | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Justin M. Green | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Vico Sharabani | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Mehrnaz Mohabati | ADR Recordist, ADR Supervisor |
| Mariela Villa | Production Coordinator |
| Deborah Sullivan | Executive Visual Effects Producer |
| Justin Penman | Post Production Accountant |
| Matt Miller | Assistant Editor |
| D. Chris Smith | Sound Effects Editor |
| Christopher T. Welch | Dialogue Editor |
| Erin Yarbrough | Production Coordinator |
| Claire Iannelli | Digital Intermediate Editor |
| Haris Vk | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Nidhin | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Brittney Rodriguez | Production Assistant |
| Latheesh Puthiyottil | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Chris Hill | Gaffer, Key Grip |
| Jean-Francois Burdin | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Alan Thomas | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Christopher Pentecost | Sound Effects Editor |
| Shahil P. | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Rachel Schneider | Post Production Accountant |
| Lan-Chi Chien | Graphic Designer |
| Pablo Mejia | Production Assistant |
| Stephani Green | Assistant Accountant |
| Lon Haber | Publicist |
| Drew Daniels | Director of Photography |
| Chris Bergoch | Writer |
| Sean Baker | Editor, Sound Designer, Driver, Casting, Writer, Director |
| Roberto Dominguez Alegria | Foley Mixer |
| Thurman Martin III | Visual Effects Producer |
| Jo Caron | Foley Mixer |
| Adam Lichtenberger | Second Assistant Camera |
| Monique Reymond | Foley Artist |
| Adam Kopald | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jackie Shenoo | Unit Production Manager |
| Andy Hay | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Logan Romjue | Dialogue Editor |
| Alastor Arnold | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Ugo Derouard | Sound Effects Editor |
| John Warrin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor |
| Firas Chadid | Visual Effects Editor |
| Matthew Huffman | Thanks |
| Paul Timothy Carden | Dialogue Editor |
| Nick Pavey | Foley Editor |
| Kate Cavendish | Publicist |
| Rachel Evans | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Alex Altman | Production Sound Mixer |
| John J. Budion | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Matthew Hearon-Smith | Music Supervisor |
| Peggy Yen | Production Accountant |
| Michael Baird | Dialogue Editor |
| Raisa Fraiman | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Sam Stiban | Visual Effects Producer |
| Jesse Vielleux | First Assistant Camera |
| Guy Francoeur | Foley Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mariela Villa | Associate Producer |
| Erin Yarbrough | Associate Producer |
| Shih-Ching Tsou | Producer |
| Alison Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Ben Browning | Executive Producer |
| Glen Basner | Executive Producer |
| Samantha Quan | Producer |
| Milan Popelka | Executive Producer |
| Alex Coco | Producer |
| Alex Saks | Producer |
| Jackie Shenoo | Executive Producer |
| Sean Baker | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 21 | 39 | 15 |
| 2024 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 20 | 38 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 10 |
| 2024 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 17 | 30 | 11 |
| 2025 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 3 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 661 | 820 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 477 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 2 | 638 | 663 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 998 | 998 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | 925 | 945 |
Geronimo1967
6.0
Simon Rex is "Mikey", a down on his luck former porn star who has to return to live with his unwelcoming ex wife "Lexi" (Bree Elrod) and her mother "Lil" (Brenda Deiss). He sleeps on their couch, can't get a job, so ends up dealing dope and that's when he meets the young - and innocent - "Strawberry ... " (Suzanna Son) who is working at a doughnut shop. He turns on all his charms and soon enough they decide that they are going to elope with $3,000 of his ill-gotten gains. Well, that's their plan anyway, Of course, his ex; her mother and the local drugs queenpin don't quite approve. At times it's quite niftily paced with quite a few laughs, but I found the plot to be really quite thin and predictable as the thing went on. As an observational piece on the sort of trailer-park existence in rural Texas, it is probably quite authentic, but it just didn't do much for me. Over two hours was just far too long to sustain the theme, and aside from quite an engagingly quirky effort from Deiss, I felt this was another film that could happily wait for it's small screen release before watching it.
Apr 04, 2022