Scenic Route
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings
- Starring: Christie Burson, Dan Fogler, Josh Duhamel, Miracle Laurie
- Summary: The relationship between two life-long friends is tested when they are stranded in the desert.
- Director: Kevin Goetz
- Genre(s): Drama, Thriller
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Positive: 1 out of 10
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Mixed: 5 out of 10
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Negative: 4 out of 10
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75It's no "Taxi Driver" or even "Open Water," but Route has enough attractions to warrant the trip.
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60The movie becomes a survival tale and is more successful in its grueling, slightly crazed second half. The Goetzes do a better job capturing the terrain's physical extremes and the challenge of endurance than they do depicting a relationship.
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60Kevin and Michael Goetz's direction emphasizes the remoteness of the setting. The howl of the desert wind and the unflagging hammer of the sun are the backdrop for every bad decision, lending them a plausibility they wouldn't have in comfort.
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Aug 22, 201340The first half of Scenic Route is basically a filmed play, and not an insightful one. The more surreal second half takes on a moodier edge, but the switcheroo ending is cutesy to the point of annoying. Fogler impresses with some brooding edge, but neither he nor the location photography is enough to recommend you join him on this doomed trip.
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30While the narrative spins in place, Kyle Killen's script throws out one uninspired gambit after another to extend the film to feature length, eventually climaxing with dual endings, both contrived.
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Aug 22, 201325Sometimes indie pictures like this, with over-the-top acting and outrageous situations, are meant as a calling card for its creators - a chance to show their wares to others in the industry. So calling all producers, there is one tour-de-force performance in Scenic Route: the makeup team of Brian Kinney, Sara Robey and Maia Wagle. Admire their work, and bring earplugs.
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Aug 21, 201316Digital projection has made it easier than ever to get no-budget movies onto theater screens. That might sound wonderfully egalitarian, but it mostly just leads to more shoulda-gone-straight-to-DVD clunkers like Scenic Route.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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