SummaryAn ambitious Lebanese-American youth is forced to take over his family's gas station after his father's death.
Directed By:Rola Nashef
Written By:Rola Nashef, Heather Kolf, Jennifer Ginzinger
Detroit Unleaded
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57% Positive
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Nov 21, 2013
70
Detroit Unleaded is about as gentle as comedies come these days, commendably so.
Nov 20, 2013
70
A lively slice-of-life that uses familiar romantic-comedy tropes and a vibrant cast of characters to humorously explore family relationships, cultural identity and love.
Nov 19, 2013
70
Director Rola Nashef's visuals can be clunky, and her script's conversational dialogue is occasionally stilted. Nonetheless, she draws her characters in sharp lines, so that the gaggle of customers who frequent Sami's workplace...feel not like types but, rather, like diverse individuals.
Nov 20, 2013
63
It compellingly engages with the specific problems of a cultural group rarely represented in American film, but it too easily and abruptly resolves its main characters' problems.
Nov 21, 2013
60
The film’s engine stalls from time to time, but it never dies—much like the city it’s set in.
Nov 19, 2013
60
It winningly pays homage to the apparently nationwide fraternity of Arab-American mini-mart owners, while letting the Motor City setting provide the economic commentary.
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Production Company:
- Gas Afterhours
Release Date:Nov 15, 2013
Duration:1 h 33 m
Tagline:Don't be such a dreamcrusher, bro.
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Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Gotham Awards
• 1 Nomination




























