The plot might be as full of holes as some of the roads on which Julia races her bike, but this makes for an invigorating ride.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 17, 2025

While I liked its visuals, I wasn’t completely sold by its narrative.

| Feb 13, 2024

Quivoron's instincts are undeniable when balancing technical ferocity with a remarkable narrative heart... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 27, 2024

One of those films in which, to put it bluntly, very little happens and the story relies on its message and the environment's realism. And both things are good, but not enough to hook you. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jan 26, 2024

Lola Quivoron debuts with a Cannes-awarded feature film that mixes the essence of youth with the passion for motorcycling and the essence of marginal life. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 24, 2024

The tonal unevenness of RODEO may hinder greatness, but the ride is electric.

| Nov 29, 2023

For a debut, Quivoron’s film is reassuringly confident, getting down and dirty in a world of grease and gas without overly fetishizing it or romanticizing it.

| Sep 16, 2023

Ledru is a revelation, finding unexpected tenderness and empathy with a character surviving on the fringes, particularly in her scenes with Domino’s wife, played by co-writer Antonia Buresi as the two marginalized women find a common bond.

| Aug 18, 2023

Lola Quivoron has crafted a daring, focused debut feature with a specific voice set in a captivating, almost secret-feeling world. The result is enthralling from the first moment to the final gorgeously shocking frame.

| Aug 10, 2023

Rodeo is gnarled, burning passion. It’s an angry, desperate, hope for a better life and a desire to fit in somewhere, anywhere.

| Jul 24, 2023

Only in a few brief scenes where we see some of the bike tricks performed or discussed does the film shake off its sluggish lethargy and offer a tone other than sullen.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 26, 2023

The film is watchable — helped by Ledru’s sullen charisma — but also aimless.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 1, 2023

While it doesn’t entirely work, the film is as fearless and in-your-face as its formidable central character.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 30, 2023

Quivoron doesn’t editorialise or emotionally weight the narrative. This is verité filming with an almost documentary feel for long stretches, played out with a moody backing track of rap and urban guitar that sounds remote and alien.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 28, 2023

[Julie Ledru] brings to the role the sad eyes of Jeanne Moreau, the swaggering insouciance of Béatrice Dalle and the saddle skills of Evel Knievel. The film around her, though, has frequent dramatic lapses...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 27, 2023

A mix of cockiness and youthful sweetness. This is embodied in Ledru’s central performance, which is at once spiky and intensely vulnerable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 27, 2023

A fervent mix of action, pathos, and socially-conscious commentary, its cinematic tires will leave thick skid marks in your head.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 17, 2023

... bursts with raw energy, marking a stylish debut for director Lola Quivoron, while Ledru finds hard-earned sympathy in a tough-minded heroine.

| Apr 5, 2023

Rodeo plays out as if John Cassavetes directed Fast & Furious.

| Apr 3, 2023

Lola Quivoron’s debut feature contains many unforgettable moments and a breakthrough performance by Julie Ledru. Quivoron’s imagery, bold and unexpected, will haunt you for days. Highly recommended.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 1, 2023