Director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud) is an expert at creating ordinary characters, placing them in everyday situations, and letting interactions and relationships carry the story. He has masterfully accomplished this through films I adore, such as Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, and Mud, and through films, such as Midnight Special and Loving, that aren’t quite as good as a whole but still have well-crafted characters. The Bikeriders, his most recent film, follows a similar blueprint but fails to tell an exciting story or have a single character we genuinely care about. While well-made, with a stellar cast that put forth effort, the film was a snoozefest.

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