Working Man Reviews
Leonard Maltin leonardmaltin.com
Working Man is a creditable feature debut for writer-director Robert Jury and his actors come through for him. His characters' plight is an all-too-familiar one but he incorporates several twists that maintain interest without unduly stretching credulity
Full Review | Dec 26, 2020
Linda Cook OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois)
'Working Man' is the finest film of 2020.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 10, 2020
Paul Chambers Movie Chambers
Robert Jury hits it out of the park. His film says a lot about the dignity of work and basic human decency.
Full Review | Original Score: A | Nov 20, 2020
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com
A low-key gentle whisper of a film.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 27, 2020
John Urbancich Your Movies (cleveland.com)
The great Peter Gerety, most recently seen as a very bad guy on Showtime's always audacious 'Ray Donovan,' plays the titular 'Working Man' in a wonderful little indie about layoffs, mental illness and camaraderie at the local workplace.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 5, 2020
Pat Mullen Cinemablographer
It's always a thrill to see a great character actor land a lead role and make the most of it.
Full Review | Aug 16, 2020
Jorge Ignacio Castillo Prairie Dog Magazine
Working Man has the markings of a first-time filmmaker. The film, however, is elevated by Gerety, who gives his all in his first lead role in forty years.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 5, 2020
Courtney Small Cinema Axis
Gerety and Brown's layered performances allows the film to evolve into something more nuanced.
Full Review | Original Score: B | Aug 4, 2020
Thom Ernst Original Cin
A diamond in the rough, writer/director Robert Jury's aptly titled small town drama gains gravitas from excellent performers working through a heartfelt story.
Full Review | Aug 1, 2020
Barbara Goslawski That Shelf
As 'be kind to each other' has become a daily rallying cry for empathy and understanding, it's uncanny to watch a film that mines these very depths.
Full Review | Jul 25, 2020
Carey-Ann Pawsey Orca Sound
Desperate times call for desperate measures. We need something to feel good about. Someone to follow. Who better than an average guy who just wants to work?
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 21, 2020
Carol Cling AWFJ.org
Gerety's understatedly poignant portrayal of Allery - from trembling lip to darting, disbelieving eyes - tells you everything you need to know about this Working Man's anxiety, anguish and pride.
Full Review | Jul 20, 2020
Anne Brodie What She Said
This quiet, powerful and elegiac study of a man coping, not a remnant but a hero, casts an eye back to a time when people had jobs for lives. Long gone now.
Full Review | Jul 20, 2020
Ezequiel Boetti Otroscines.com
Although the film could have been more interesting than it was, Working Man contains great performances that brings a steady political resonance. [Full Review in Spanish]
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2020
Paul McGuire Grimes Paul's Trip to the Movies
Working Man is a strong debut for writer/director Robert Jury. This film is a human-interest story that will resonate with many moviegoers.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 25, 2020
Patrick McDonald WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)
Although a working-class fantasy, the film is thematically more about mental illness and its implications for the 'Working Man,' and has a nice sense of redemption in the end.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 22, 2020
Scott Marks San Diego Reader
First-time director Robert Jury's Working Man finds suspense amidst the humdrum, and love among the rubble of a marriage put on hold.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 16, 2020
Martha K. Baker KDHX (St. Louis)
Working Man is not neon. It is a 60-watt bulb but it provides just enough light to see.
Full Review | Jun 8, 2020
Pamela Powell Daily Journal (Kankakee, IL)
A topical film with evocative performances reminding us of the importance of having a purpose in life and compassion for others.
Full Review | Jun 5, 2020
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion
A fable, pure and simple; but it's a good-hearted one.
Full Review | Original Score: B | Jun 4, 2020