A road trip with a difference, Richard Linklater’s (Boyhood, Before Sunset) sincere latest is off by a beat throughout – its humour, its drama, its warmth, its camaraderie.
Thirty years after Vietnam, Doc (a quietly dignified Steve Carell) reunites with Bryan Cranston (Trumbo, Argo) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, Man of Steel) to bury his son, killed in action in Iraq.
As they accompany the body across country, the men they were are slowly revealed through the patina of who they are now. But sadly, the connection between the three does not ring true and, as a result, the chamber-piece drama fails to ignite.
Rating: 54%
Director: Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Before Sunset)
Writer: Richard Linklater (Boyhood, Before Sunset), Darryl Ponicsan (Nuts, Taps) – based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan
Main cast: Steve Carell (Foxcatcher, The 40 Year-Old Virgin), Bryan Cranston (Trumbo, Why Him? ), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, What’s Love Got To Do With It)
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