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- 2015
- Not Rated
- Entertainment One
- 1 h 35 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- Entertainment One
- 1 h 35 m
Summary The story of John (Josh Duhamel), a small time crook, who finds an unlikely accomplice in Louis (Josh Wiggins), a newly-orphaned teenage boy. As their open-road adventure progresses and John drags the kid on a string of robberies, the pair forge an unexpected and powerful bond.
Directed By: Trey Nelson
Written By: Trey Nelson
- 2015
- Not Rated
- Entertainment One
- 1 h 35 m
- 2015
- Not Rated
- Entertainment One
- 1 h 35 m
Lost in the Sun
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7.6
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Summary The story of John (Josh Duhamel), a small time crook, who finds an unlikely accomplice in Louis (Josh Wiggins), a newly-orphaned teenage boy. As their open-road adventure progresses and John drags the kid on a string of robberies, the pair forge an unexpected and powerful bond.
Directed By: Trey Nelson
Written By: Trey Nelson
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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50% Mixed
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3 Reviews
50% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
34
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Trey Nelson's film can't help but evoke a feeling of déjà vu. But strong performances by Josh Duhamel and young Josh Wiggins (Max), plus haunting visuals of the barren Texas setting, provide some compensation for the narrative contrivances of Lost in the Sun.
Lost in the Sun gets most elements right in order to put together one of those gritty and melancholic southern crime dramas, except for when it comes to producing a unique screenplay and direction that rises above mediocrity.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
7.6
71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
7.6
71% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
29% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
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This is a really good film. A young boy in Texas loses his mother so is being sent to stay with his grandparent in New Mexico.
Its a great road trip story and definitely worth a watch.
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I loved this movie. Duhamel and Wiggins put in some very heartfelt performances and the direction was consistently sure-handed with a light touch. Yes the plot is familiar, but these characters bring it somewhere worth going even if you have an idea where its headed.
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The movie briefly picks up some warmth when John and Louis encounter a mother and daughter (Lynn Collins and Emma Fuhrmann) who are also in the midst of some self-discovery, but the movie seems unwilling to linger too long on it for fear of becoming rewarding.
By the time you’re meant to learn just what the tie is between John and Louis, you’ve stopped caring. But, thanks to the excellent if a little on the obviously-pictorial-side cinematography by Robert Barocci, you’ve seen some lovely vistas on the way to indifference.
Despite some scenic territory, there's just not much to this journey, leaving Lost in the Sun feeling like a short story stretched way too thinly toward feature length.
While his images have been composed with care, Nelson's screenplay is a far less impressive invention.
A road movie that extended to a different level of bonding between two.
I was not overwhelmed by the overall film yet a very enjoyable film for the wonderful direction and the beautiful character displays. The first thing I remembered was 'Paper Moon', but it was when 'Last Ride' meets 'Natural Born Killers'. Clearly, it dealt with its own concept, but I won't deny the influence of those titles this film has. So I believe the writer has been inspired by them.
If you like the road films, then you might enjoy it as well, even though you're not desiring to give high marks. It begins when a 13 year old boy who lost his mother embarks a journey with a stranger to go and live with his grandparents who are on the other end of the country. On their way, the two struggles with their differences, especially in the conflict of interest to take such a trip. But they end up developing a close bond which is at one point comes to tear them apart.
It did not live up to my expectation. Actually, I was not having any expectation because I came to know about it a while ago before finished watching it. Without the character development how much a story going to impress its audience, but this film did by letting them to figure it out by themselves. There is a twist and other turns in the tale, but everything's very easy.
So the film kind of interested me, just for keeping everything simple and telling a tale with a good speed, but obviously not an original or anything extraordinary. Josh Duhamel was amazing, his role along with the kid's make you watch it. Especially after the 'Spotlisght', every a film with priests in it freaks me out like the one from this. Anyway, this is not a must see, but not bad to ignore completely.
6/10
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