Trucker

"'TRUCKER' IS A WONDERFUL NEW MOVIE, WITH A CAREER-CHANGING PERFORMANCE BY MICHELLE MONAGHAN. 4 STARS. HER PERFORMANCE CLEARLY DESERVES AN OSCAR NOMINATION" - ROGER EBERT "A COMPLETELY SATISFYING EXPERIENCE...A VIVID, CREDIBLE CHARACTER STUDY OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHOSE FIERCE INDEPENDENT STREAK HAS LED HER TO A CAREER THAT ALLOWS HER TO LIVE LIFE ON HER OWN TERMS" - LEONARD MALTIN ". TRUCKER IS A KNOCKOUT. MONAGHAN IS PHENOMENAL AS DIANE, UNDERSTATED YET RIVETING." - THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS "THIS DRAMA IS WELL-ACTED AND HAS A NICE FEEL FOR LIVES LIVED AT THE MARGINS" - PEOPLE "TRUCKER IS A STAR-MAKING PERFORMANCE FOR MONAGHAN, MUCH THE SAME AS "WORKING GIRL" ONCE PUT MELANIE GRIFFITH ON THE MAP. LOOK FOR A LOT OF AWARDS BUZZ ON HER THIS FALL. JAMES MOTTERN'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT IS REFRESHING, UNSENTIMENTAL, AND UNFORGETTABLE. BRAVO!" - FOXNEWS "FILM BUFFS MIGHT HAVE RECOGNIZED MICHELLE MONAGHAN'S APPEAL IN SUCH MOVIES AS "KISS KISS BANG BANG," "NORTH COUNTRY" AND "GONE BABY GONE." BUT SHE HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CARRY A MOVIE UNTIL "TRUCKER," WHICH HAD ITS WORLD PREMIERE AT TRIBECA AND MAKES US REALIZE WHAT WE'VE BEEN MISSING. HER PERFORMANCE ELICITS THE SAME EXHILARATING SENSE OF DISCOVERY THAT SURROUNDED SALLY FIELD'S BREAKTHROUGH IN "NORMA RAE." MONAGHAN'S STAR-MAKING PERFORMANCE ASSURES THAT IT WILL BE REMEMBERED." - THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER "IT'S STILL A PERFORMANCE YOU DON'T WANT A MISS. MICHELLE MONAGHAN IS MEMORABLE ... AND I'M DAMN HAPPY TO WRITE THAT" - CINEMATICAL.COM "TRUCKER PROVIDES AN IMPRESSIVE SHOWCASE FOR MICHELLE MONAGHAN (EAGLE EYE, MAID OF HONOR). MONAGHAN IS EXCELLENT (AND) HER FORCEFUL PERFORMANCE PROVES THAT SHE CAN CARRY A FILM." - BOXOFFICE "TOUGH AND BELIEVABLE, MONAGHAN'S MOMENTS ARE REAL AND RELAXED AND TAKE MOTTERN'S MOVIE TO ANOTHER LEVEL. THIS IS A SOLID INDEPENDENT FEATURE. THE CAMERA WORK IS PERFECT. WRITER/DIRECTOR JAMES MOTTERN SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY PROUD" - MOVING PICTURES MAGAZINE

Written & Directed by: James Mottern

Starring: Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Benjamin Bratt, Joey Lauren Adams, Jimmy Bennett

Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan), a vivacious and successful independent truck driver, leads a carefree life of long-haul trucking, one night stands and all-night drinking with Runner (Nathan Fillion, Serenity, Waitress, "Castle") until the evening her estranged 11-year-old son, Peter (Jimmy Bennett, young James Kirk in Star Trek) is unexpectedly dropped at her door.

Peter hasn't seen his mother since he was a baby and wants to live with Diane as little as she wants him, but they are stuck with each other - at least for now, while his father Len (Benjamin Bratt) is in the hospital.

Burdened with this new responsibility and seeing the life of freedom she's fought for now jeopardized, Diane steps reluctantly into her past and looks sidelong at an uncharted future that is not as simple or straightforward as she had once believed possible.