Rubber (2010)

Rubber
Starring Stephen Spinella, Jack Plotnick, Wings Hauser, Roxane Mesquida, Ethan Cohn, Charley Koontz, Daniel Quinn, Devin Brochu, Hayley Holmes
Directed Quentin Dupieux

“Quirky” doesn’t do this film justice. Not really a horror movie, but not entirely a comedy either, Rubber is a surreal film that you must pay attention to in order to understand that you can’t really understand it. A terrible tire named Robert awakens and begins a killing spree, offing everything from a bunny rabbit to a police officer. This murderous Michelin is evidently enamored with a dark-haired woman with a foreign accent named Shelia (played by Roxane Mesquida), but even blows up a mannequin dressed to resemble her as she mocks him through a speaker tied around the mannequin’s neck.

Why does all of this happen? As Lieutenant Chad (Stephen Spinella) so eloquently explains, “No reason.” That’s the point of the whole film: there is no point.

Despite the pointlessness of Rubber, it is a captivating eighty minutes. You really have no reason to miss it.

Watch Rubber on Netflix.

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