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  • Starring: Adam Beach, Evan Adams
  • Summary: Though Victor and Thomas have lived their entire young lives in the same tiny town, they couldn't have less in common! But when Victor is urgently called away, it's Thomas who comes up with the money to pay for his trip. There's just one thing Victor has to do: take Thomas along for the ride! (Miramax)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
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  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    100
    Beach and Adams give remarkable performances that grow in feeling and intensity.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    100
    Beautiful in both its brevity and its vision of contemporary Indian culture, the film abounds in easygoing humor.
  3. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Scott Kelton Jones
    60
    The film is bound together around the oral tradition and the act of storytelling, and this is where the filmmakers shine.

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  1. HuntleyR.
    3
    A story completely lacking in originality or emotional depth, Victor, played with robotic exhibition by Adam Beach, goes in search of his father who abandoned him when he was a boy. The jokes barely evoke a chuckle, the flashbacks are clumsily positioned and poorly executed, and if the wooden acting doesn't put you to sleep, the sappy dialogue will.… Expand
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