Damning with Faint Praise: RUBBER

Somewhere in the American desert, a tire named Robert comes to life. It makes its first wobbling attempts to move across the landscape.

Gaining confidence, it crushes a box. Then struggles with a bottle. A crow stares at it, and the tire discovers that it can destroy things with its mind.


While an unnamed audience watches through binoculars, the tire encounters humans.

And then the real killing starts.


Verdict
I never thought I would call a movie about a tire poignant and interesting, but Rubber is both those things.

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