Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

2021

Action / Documentary

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 94% · 148 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 94% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 11243 11.2K

actor career biography past travel food

Plot summary

An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.

Director

Morgan Neville Photo
Morgan Neville

Top cast

Cate Blanchett Photo
Cate Blanchett as Self
Asia Argento Photo
Asia Argento as Self
Bradley Cooper Photo
Bradley Cooper as Self
Trevor Noah Photo
Trevor Noah as Self
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1.07 GB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   dk   es   fi   no   pl   pt   ru   sv   tr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 3
2.2 GB
1920*1072
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   dk   es   fi   no   pl   pt   ru   sv   tr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 14
5.32 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jellopuke 9 / 10

Wild ride of emotions

This was an honest and at times brutally unflinching look at a very famous person who had a very enigmatic end. It will make you feel lots and miss the man more, but it's doesn't answer anything and leaves you feeling both sad at what happened, but glad that you were there for the ride.Still miss him, his show was so great... This is very much worth seeing.
Reviewed by CtlAltDel 9 / 10

Exceptional portrait of a man

Bourdain is no Gandhi, Martin Luther King or Joan of Arc. He's not someone who made a stunning contribution to world history. He's a celebrity chef, food and travel writer. But he was a man with a high profile whose suicide baffled a lot of people, including myself, leaving us to wonder why.This cleverly edited doco lays that out. Finding the answer is not at all easy but the filmmakers did find it. There was no cataclysmic moment but instead a build up and confluence of factors over many years. A man forever searching for IT, throwing himself into new things and new people only to find that for him they weren't IT and could never be IT. The fact is, there is no IT. Or perhaps IT, is something much more simple and yet profound, as Iggy Pop tells him at one point.This doco will stay with me for a very long time - unlike a lot of films that I find almost instantly forgettable - and deserves repeat viewing. If you're fascinated by the psychology of individuals then it is a rewarding experience.Side note: On the issue of using AI to replicate his voice in some parts, I have no issue. The words spoken are his and the filmmakers intentions are noble.
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