Backseat

Name: Backseat
Genre: Comedy
Released: March 28, 2008
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 32

2008

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Truly Indie | Release Date: March 28, 2008

Summary: In Backseat, a "coming of age late" story about prolonged adolescence, two old friends flee New York City on a three-day road trip to Montreal to escape their problems and meet the great Donald Sutherland. Between running drugs and meeting a man who communicates only through instant messaging, they run head-on into the always-lingeringIn Backseat, a "coming of age late" story about prolonged adolescence, two old friends flee New York City on a three-day road trip to Montreal to escape their problems and meet the great Donald Sutherland. Between running drugs and meeting a man who communicates only through instant messaging, they run head-on into the always-lingering problem of real life. (Truly Indie)… Expand

Director: Bruce Van Dusen

Genre(s): Comedy

Runtime: 80 min

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Sean Axmaker

Backseat satisfies itself with small observations and minor breakthroughs of self-awareness. In the scheme of their lives, this journey is just a speed bump, jolting them awake for a brief moment. The rest is up to them. Read full review

David Wiegand

Almost gets its right. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

How engaging you find this loosely structured road movie will depend on how charming you find the over-aged slackers played by Josh Alexander, who also wrote the screenplay, and Robert Bogue. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

Alexander's script considers context anathema, leaving us to wonder, among other puzzlers, why these two jerks are friends to begin with – and, perhaps, on what bad breakup or neglected childhood one may blame the film's dispiriting misanthropy. Read full review

Noel Murray

This isn't really a movie made for audiences; it's for casting agents and studio execs, to show off one man's acting chops and his skill at writing dialogue. Read full review

Jim Ridley

Bruce Van Dusen's 2005 comedy plots a meandering course due north without locating a word of truth. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Culturally falling somewhere between "Sideways" and "Dumb and Dumber," this low-rent road movie similarly rides on principles of audience identification, largely minus competent helming, thesping or scripting. Read full review

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