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Two old friends escape New York to go on a three day road trip to Montreal to escape their problems.

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Tom Keogh Seattle Times 04/18/2008
1.5/4
Once in a while, a movie inspires nothing more than complete apathy. Backseat is such a lackluster work. Go to Full Review
Kimberley Jones Austin Chronicle 04/11/2008
2/4
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. Go to Full Review
Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 04/09/2008
A road movie that runs out of gas almost immediately after it gets started, Backseat is the sort of quirky indie feature that impresses at festivals but feels wan when experienced under real cinematic conditions. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Seattle Post-Intelligencer 04/17/2008
C+
Backseat satisfies itself with small observations and minor breakthroughs of self-awareness. Go to Full Review
Chad Greene Boxoffice Magazine 04/04/2008
3/5
To be sure, slapstick misadventures ensue, but there's a sweetness and vulnerability beneath the surface of the boys' sometimes-blue bantering. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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05/03/2010 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. See more 08/20/2008 worth watching, won awards in at austin tx film festivals. See more 04/22/2008 I loved this movie! It was very funny and entertaining! The two stars of the film, Josh Alexander and Robert Bogue, have wonderful timing with each other! I drove over three hours to see this movie and would do it again in a heartbeat! See more 04/02/2008 i did like this film, but just that. the script had some funny yet true moments about life. sweet, indie style, unique characters...not a whole lotta character chemistry. See more 04/01/2008 I wanted to like it, I really did. With characters that straddle the line between funny & annoying, well, Frankie is just awesome...and only a few redeeming things to take away. I found it just simply alright. Gun scene at the end was awesome. & Ben's girlfriend is beautiful. That's all. See more 04/01/2008 this isn't a bad movie, it's just not a good one. i laughed twice. the problem i had with it is that the core of the film isn't interesting in the least. the two leads have no chemistry with each other. the unfortunate part is that the subplot involving ben and his lady friend is so well written and so well acted and i can't help but think how good the movie would have been had it been about them. it's worth watching for one of aubrey dollar's brilliant monologues. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Two old friends escape New York to go on a three day road trip to Montreal to escape their problems.
Director
Bruce van Dusen
Producer
Josh Alexander, Terry Leonard
Screenwriter
Josh Alexander
Production Co
Group Effort Films
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 28, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.3K
Runtime
1h 20m