Rome Film Review: ‘The Jesus Rolls’

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The Jesus lives! The oddball bowling obsessive immortalized by John Turturro in “The Big Lebowski” resurfaces two decades later in “The Jesus Rolls,” a road movie every bit as eccentric as the char…

” resurfaces two decades later in “The Jesus Rolls,” a road movie every bit as eccentric as the character he played in the 1998 cult favorite.

If you’ve never seen either “Going Places” or “The Big Lebowski,” who’s to say what you would make of this peculiar outing, which opens with Jesus Quintana preparing to leave Sing Sing correctional facility in upstate New York. During an exit interview with the prison warden , the film cuts away to reveal the circumstances of the indecent exposure charge that prompted Walter to dub him a “pervert” and a “pederast” in “The Big Lebowski.

Some guys just don’t mix well with polite society. No sooner has Jesus reunited with fellow parolee Petey then they are boosting a conspicuous orange muscle car parked in front of a local salon. Dominique, the hairdresser , doesn’t appreciate the prank and draws a gun on the pair when they get back, wounding Petey in the process — but not before they can steal his French girlfriend Marie .

 

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