What Mottern succeeds in his narrative his a brave and sensible character study of a woman who has withdrew herself from "real" human emotion. ![]() Along with this new found purpose, all the other elements that have inhabited her life for ten years are rattled her awkward relationship with her friend Runner (Nathan Fillion), her ailing ex Leonard (Benjamin Bratt), and his new love in his life Jenny (Joey Lauren Adams). Responsibility and the maternal instinct, two important things that have laid dormant in Diane's mind for sometime are swiftly reactivated. It is this time where we find Diane's world is turned upside down. All seems going to plan or lack there of until her estranged son (Jimmy Bennett) is dropped off on her doorstep due to his father's recent diagnosis of cancer. Trucker tells the story of Diane Ford (Monaghan), a young female, independent truck driver living life effortlessly and freely. I share this for a realization of what James' family conveyed and how closely related it is to his film a working class family never forgetting where they came from. To make even more pleasurable was sitting next to James' father and having him tell me how he paid for his ticket to support his son. ![]() I had the esteemed pleasure of attending the New York Premiere of first-time director James Mottern's film Trucker starring Michelle Monaghan.
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