Worthy successor of Rocky's spirit and Clint Eastwood classicism, Jockey may not surprise too much, but even on well-trodden ground, it displays a sensitivity, rigor, and nobility that are undoubtedly enjoyed and appreciated. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 17, 2023

Jockey, riding on the talents of its lead, is a wonderfully moving, honest, and thoughtful film, while also offering a plaintive cry.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 2, 2022

Jockey hits a few familiar beats, but Clifton Collins Jr.’s captivating lead performance gives the film a raw power that’s impossible to resist.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2022

Creates a compelling sense of authenticity that casts its own spell.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 8, 2022

t holds us. Partly through its lived-in feel -- you can all but smell the hay and manure. And partly through Collins’ wise, intuitive performance. He’s utterly convincing as a slightly over-the-hill jock.

| May 4, 2022

Clint Bentleys Jockey not only gallops into the winners circle but is the biggest surprise of the festival thus far.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 22, 2022

Jockey is an emotional ride that builds to a truly intensely focused final few moments that will leave a mark.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 21, 2022

A very solid drama with great casting, a good screenplay and a refusal to settle for the obvious pay-off. (Sony Pictures Classics blu-ray review).

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 10, 2022

Jockey has the premise of an old-fashioned country song about the good, old days and the regret that has followed them, which is a compliment.

| Apr 1, 2022

Clifton Collins Jr. gives an incredible performance in Jockey, which manages to both lean into the tropes of the sports drama while still painting them in an entirely new light.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 28, 2022

Jockey does go a bit down the familiar path with Jackson and Gabriel's attempt to reconnect, but it still works because of Collins conviction to the role and the story. He makes the film a stirring character study.

| Original Score: B | Mar 5, 2022

The drama may take place in and around racetracks, but the focus is always on the humans rather than the horses.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 4, 2022

The perfect confluence of a great story brilliantly told and beautifully performed, Jockey is superb.

| Original Score: A+ | Mar 3, 2022

Clifton Collins Jnr doesn't so much grasp the title role with both hands as his whole being. And, while the narrative has little to make it stand out, Jockey is a compelling portrait of a way of life that exerts a powerful hold over those who choose it.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 2, 2022

Jockey finishes a first-place winner without even needing to run an actual race.

| Mar 1, 2022

The nicely brief and stirring ride offers the role of Collins' three-decade career. He shoulda been a contender this year, with maybe a supporting nod, too, for Molly Parker.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 19, 2022

Clifton Collins Jr., a quintessential "that guy" character actor, gets his moment in the dimming sun in this reflective drama about a jockey facing the end of a long, painful ride.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 16, 2022

While the emotion and story feel rather generic by this point, Jockey is clearly coming from an authentic and important place from director Clint Bentley, which has to be recognized.

| Feb 12, 2022

[Jockey] has much going for it -- beautiful cinematography, an authentic sense of the stableyard environment, an excellent central turn from Collins Jr. Shame, then, that it all feels so familiar and formulaic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 11, 2022

[Clifton Collins Jr.'s] performance as a man who’s looking for a way to move on to the next phase of his life is what makes this low-key sports drama so conscientious and watchable.

| Feb 11, 2022