The premise of "Red Rocket" is, of course, galling: Mikey and Strawberry’s relationship is both sexual and, as Mikey hopes he’s grooming her for a career in porn, and a return to the business for himself transactional.
Sean Baker, the director of The Florida Project and Tangerine, returns with an incredible feel-bad comedy about a former porn star (Simon Rex of the Scary Movie franchise) returning to his Texas town where no one wants him. In theaters now
Simon Rex plays an adult entertainer trying to get back on his feet in this latest lower-depths odyssey from the writer-director of 'Tangerine' and 'The Florida Project.'