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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Truly Indie
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Truly Indie
  • 1 h 20 m

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-lingering p...

Directed By: Bruce Van Dusen

Written By: Josh Alexander

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Truly Indie
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Truly Indie
  • 1 h 20 m

Backseat

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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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-lingering p...

Directed By: Bruce Van Dusen

Written By: Josh Alexander

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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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.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
50
Almost gets its right.
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50
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.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
40
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.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW
33
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.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
30
Bruce Van Dusen's 2005 comedy plots a meandering course due north without locating a word of truth.
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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.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Group Effort Films
Release Date Mar 28, 2008
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.19216811.support/
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Awards

Austin Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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