Don't Make Me Go

R

2022

1h 50m

Drama

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When single father Max (John Cho) discovers he has a terminal disease, he decides to try and cram all the years of love and support he will miss with his teenage daughter Wally (Mia Isaac) into the time he has left with her. With the promise of long-awaited driving lessons, he convinces Wally to accompany him on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion, where he secretly hopes to reunite her with her mother who left them long ago. A wholly original and emotional journey, Don't Make Me Go explores the unbreakable, eternal bond between a father and daughter from both sides of the generational divide with heart and humor along for the ride.

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Critics Consensus

John Cho and Mia Isaac are an appealing pair of leads, but Don't Make Me Go is one road trip movie that follows an overly familiar path.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

John Cho is wonderful, but Mia Isaac is just excellent in this movie.

Jul 22, 2022

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Sarah-Tai Black

Los Angeles Times

There is a line between narrative comfort and lack of imagination and, unfortunately, “Don’t Make Me Go” too frequently occupies the latter space.

Jul 15, 2022

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

It's easy to take the ride with Max and Wally because of the two performers who bring them to life.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 15, 2022

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Jericho Tadeo

MovieWeb

Don't Make Me Go takes a sharp turn into what feels like drama for the sake of drama.

Jul 12, 2024

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Joonatan Itkonen

Toisto.net

Don’t Make Me Go doesn’t just follow the guidebook on how these types of films are made, it adamantly refuses to make even the slightest detour from the established formula.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 3, 2024

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Nuha Hassan

Nuha Hassan

What makes Don’t Make Me Go an incredible drama is how it shows the challenges of emotional confrontation and how it is difficult to fulfil a parent’s fantasy for their child.

Sep 8, 2023

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Audience Member

The movie had mad potential, but all the kids these days seem to suck, and the kid in this story is no exception. With better writing, and some better direction in her acting the movie might actually be one of the greats. The good parts feel rushed, and the whole movie feels like so much wasted potential. I am rating the movie lower than I think it deserves to knock the audience score down a little, it's a mediocre film, it should have a mediocre score. The worst part about the movie is that they pretend that the teenager has any wisdom. She is a dumb teenager figuring things out, parents have the wisdom as wisdom comes with age.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/21/24

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Audience Member

Kinda caught me off guard and sad ngl 3.8

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/12/23

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Detective T

If you want a bittersweet movie about a father and his daughter going on road trip to find the daughter's mother. This movie is for you, but I would say the ending will infact piss you off, because it literally comes out of nowhere.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/06/23

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Benjamin J

Don't make me go has very familiar tropes to the road-trip movie. And now the sub-genre of last wish of dead/dying relative, added into the mix. I enjoy Hannah Marks' films, and after watching this, probably because of her writing as well as her direction. I think Hannah was handed something very formulaic and she took the easy route with the material. The movie is elevated because of the lead actors and their commitment to their roles.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/31/22

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Steve C

It was standard fayre road movie until the twist that seems to divide the critics. The twist made it less comfortable, but more memorable/impactful as a movie. The leads have good chemistry and despite some trite and frustrating script in places, they are easy to connect with, which helps deliver the emotional pay-off, such as it is.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/30/22

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ian r

Don't Make Me Go is okay. I didn't expect the twist. I'm not sure I liked the twist. It's not a film I'll rewatch. Midnight Sun (Bella Thorn one) covers the same ground much better. It'll give your eyeballs a good wash. Don't Make Me Go probably won't. It didn't for me.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

When single father Max (John Cho) discovers he has a terminal disease, he decides to try and cram all the years of love and support he will miss with his teenage daughter Wally (Mia Isaac) into the time he has left with her. With the promise of long-awaited driving lessons, he convinces Wally to accompany him on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion, where he secretly hopes to reunite her with her mother who left them long ago. A wholly original and emotional journey, Don't Make Me Go explores the unbreakable, eternal bond between a father and daughter from both sides of the generational divide with heart and humor along for the ride.

Director: Hannah Marks
Producer: Donald De Line, Leah Holzer, Peter Saraf
Screenwriter: Vera Herbert
Production Co: Amazon Studios, De Line Pictures, Big Beach Films
Rating: R (Teen Drinking|Graphic Nudity|Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 15, 2022
Runtime: 1h 50m

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