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Gridlock'd

Play trailer Poster for Gridlock'd R,  1997,  1h 31m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 87% 31 Reviews Tomatometer 79% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
87% Tomatometer 31 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Jazz musicians -- and heroin addicts -- Spoon (Tupac Shakur) and Stretch (Tim Roth) decide to get clean after their friend and bandmate Cookie (Thandie Newton) overdoses when she tries heroin for the first time. As they attempt to enter a detoxification program, however, they encounter a series of bureaucratic roadblocks. Worse, they are being hunted by both the police and drug dealers. Struggling with withdrawal, Spoon and Stretch reflect on the moments that led up to their predicament.

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Todd McCarthy Variety May 2, 2008
An engaging look at a mangy day in the lives of two junkies trying to kick, Gridlock'd would have been a good mid-level B.O. performer even without the interest surrounding it, due to the recent death of co-star Tupac Shakur. Go to Full Review
Derek Adams Time Out Feb 9, 2006
The film has a fairly uninteresting narrative motor in its thriller subplot, but hits on an edgy black comic tone for Stretch and Spoon's increasingly pained dealings with the unsympathetic representatives of authority. Go to Full Review
Russell Smith Austin Chronicle Jun 5, 2005
3/5
The late Shakur is especially impressive as the brighter of the duo -- a frazzled but infinitely patient character with a touching faith that somehow, if the pair just keeps plugging away, everything will turn out okay. Go to Full Review
Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot Mar 10, 2022
2.5/4
Gridlock'd is a major social comedy waiting to happen. Go to Full Review
Malcolm L. Johnson Hartford Courant Apr 16, 2018
3/5
Hall shows taste and humor as a filmmaker, and he is fortunate to have three leads who bring quirkiness and style to his film. Go to Full Review
Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews May 2, 2008
B-
While not entirely successful, there's enough humor and humanism amid gritty urban locations to recommend Gridlock'd. Go to Full Review
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Hermione S Oct 3, 2018 A surprisingly effective comedy from the 90's with legendary Tupac Shakur co-starring. Tupac delivered a fine performance and didn't get lost playing with such a good actor as Tim Roth. The film is a caustic satire on bureaucracy and has some very hilarious moments, and its pacing is also good, no time for boredom. See more
Leia M Dec 7, 2017 With two solid performances about trying to break a heroin addiction and the troubles they find along the way in our flawed system. See more
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Cast & Crew

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Vondie Curtis-Hall

Director

Tim Roth

Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland

Tupac Shakur

Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore

Thandiwe Newton

Barbara 'Cookie' Cook

Charles Fleischer

Mr. Woodson

Howard Hesseman

Blind Man

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Movie Info

Synopsis Jazz musicians -- and heroin addicts -- Spoon (Tupac Shakur) and Stretch (Tim Roth) decide to get clean after their friend and bandmate Cookie (Thandie Newton) overdoses when she tries heroin for the first time. As they attempt to enter a detoxification program, however, they encounter a series of bureaucratic roadblocks. Worse, they are being hunted by both the police and drug dealers. Struggling with withdrawal, Spoon and Stretch reflect on the moments that led up to their predicament.
Director
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Producer
Paul Webster, Damian Jones, Erica Huggins
Screenwriter
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Distributor
Polygram, Gramercy Pictures
Production Co
Def Pictures, Dragon Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Interscope Communications
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 29, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.5M
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital
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