The Bikeriders

Une œuvre louable qui dépoussière le bon vieux milieu des motards et prend plaisir à construire une histoire et des personnages. Avec une distribution et un jeu d’acteurs formidables. Une Jodie Comer fragile parmi des personnages de durs à cuire qui ne sont à leur place nulle part et qui, par conséquent, se retrouvent ensemble. Les grognements et les regards de Tom Hardy n’ont jamais été aussi expressifs et le beau rebelle Austin Butler donne au film l’esprit de la version la plus emblématique de l’Amérique cinématographique (James Dean). The Bikeriders est un film à l’ancienne qui plaira aux amateurs de jeux d’ensemble, qui n’a pas besoin d’une intrigue sophistiquée pour divertir à chaque scène et dont le dénouement reste imprévisible jusqu’à la fin. La scène la plus cool et la plus originale du film, à la fois romantique et machiste, est peut-être celle où Butler drague Jodie Comer devant sa maison. (24/06/2024)

Jeff Nichols réussit à créer une ambiance rétro agréable, mais il reste en surface avec les personnages. Bien que le scénario essaie de me convaincre que chacun des nombreux personnages a un passé, voire un futur, je n'ai pu m'attacher à aucun d'eux. D'après moi, des personnages aussi unidimensionnels ne peuvent pas porter le poids du récit. Par ailleurs, dans un film de motards, je m'attendrais à plus de moments eye-candy, à des paysages impressionnants et à des prises de vue plus originales. Mais de tout ça, il n'y a pas grand-chose. [KVIFF 2024] (01/07/2024)

A quality film, but not made for me, thematically and emotionally it missed me completely - and if I hadn't been at the cinema , I probably wouldn't have made it to the end. I can't tune in to see the characters as at least partially sympathetic libertarian rebels. To me, they all came off as irresponsible buffoons from the start. (21/06/2024)

The Bikeriders rides the wave of nostalgia. The cast is definitely trendy, but the story feels like filler between Danny Lyon's photos. It's not really important that the inspiration from The Wild One seemed somewhat archaic even in the sixties. What matters is that the tradition of Easy Rider continues. (27/06/2024)

This retro film impressively built on atmosphere has its origins in a literary-photographic publication detailing the lifestyle of the members of an actual motorcycle gang in the late 1960s and early ’70s. This is thematised in the story through the character of its author (a photojournalist), whose questioning of the main protagonist (the wife of one of the bikers) forms the framework of the film and sets its rhythm. Through these two observers, we are gradually familiarised with the members and the rules of the gang, whose vision of rebelliousness and freedom goes hand in hand with chronic idleness, vagabondism and vandalism would otherwise be hard to relate to. The characters in the gang grow in number in the second half of the meandering narrative, whose thin plot is determined by a study of the relationships between the individual bikers. However, these characters aren’t given any more exposition, as the story intentionally puts them in the position of anonymous, unwanted intruders who in the climax contribute to the decline of the golden age of motorcycling. Together with that, the film’s tone changes, when the initially humorous episodes and free-thinking hedonism are supplanted by tragic twists and melancholy reflecting the symptoms of the era, especially the trauma and experiences connected with the war in Vietnam. At the very least, Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Michael Shannon are absolutely excellent thanks not only to their performances and characters, but also their nonchalant demeanour, manner of speaking and, in some cases, atypical appearance. (20/06/2024)

The Bikeriders is captivating in the way it's told, with a story about a bunch of guys with a thing for motor oil, a fist to the face and danger, set in a kind of newsreel framework. The leading trio of actors was chosen with the character in mind: from the charismatic leader Tom Hardy, to the troubled rebel Austin Butler, to the fragile yet tough Jodie Comer. It was interesting to see the evolution of the band of "vandals" - from the buddies who liked to ride and party here and there, to the twisted brainwashed fanatics. P.S. "Men don't cry, unless it's necessary!" (27/06/2024)