Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday was “Jockey,” a portrayal of a down-on-his-luck older reinsman seeking redemption filmed at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Ariz. According to thewrap.com, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to the film.
“Filmmakers Clint Bentley, co-writer Greg Kwedar and producer Nancy Schafer have made such a good movie, that is engaging, satisfying, visual, and precise cinematic storytelling,” Sony Pictures Classics said in a statement. “Anchored by a truly amazing performance by Clifton Collins Jr., an actor we have admired in so many roles for over 2 decades, ably supported by Molly Parker and Moses Arias, 'Jockey' is about what happens to a professional at the end of a career with the background of horse racing, a subject of interest to audiences worldwide. We are excited to bring the movie to a wide audience this year.”
IndieWire gave “Jockey” a grade of B after its Sundance debut.
“'Jockey' has a vérité texture due to the fact that the filmmakers immersed themselves in a real racetrack in Arizona, casting actual jockeys in peripheral roles,” wrote reviewer Ryan Lattanzio. “Collins, also an executive producer here, gets possibly his meatiest role ever as a horse racer whose tenacity is also his Achilles' heel. Physically, Collins slips into (his character) Jackson's pain, stuck in a perpetual lurch when he's not on the racetrack. The performance is a deeply lived one, not only in terms of what appears to be the actor's all-in plunge into what actually goes into horse-racing, but also because of the sadness Jackson constantly seems to emanate. 'Jockey' doesn't map out exactly what's in store for Jackson by the end of it all, but it does show he has a path forward, even when redemption remains that elusive thing ahead.”
Read more at thewrap.com and indiewire.com.
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