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How I Got Lost

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A sports writer and his best friend travel to America's heartland to recover after 9/11.

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Robert Abele Los Angeles Times The problem with writer-director Joe Leonard's well-intentioned road trip is that the skill of his actors is undercut by slick moodiness, dime-store philosophizing and an egregiously low-burning pace. Rated: 2.5/5 Oct 7, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A look into the aftermath of everyday people of 9/11 but occasionally loses focus. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Either I wasn't in the mood for this kind of movie, or it was boring. Didn't finish. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member This is the kind of movie I root for. It's an indie flick with an earnest feel, but in the end fumbles around and really doesn't know what it wants to be. Among who knows what else, it's a best friends road trip film. I tried but could never mentally separate the two characters or clearly understand their motivation or direction. I had to conclude that the character development left something to be desired. Indie films often feel this way, but in the end, the best ones somehow solidify and seem to have a point (a story, or some kind of meaning). While I enjoyed some of the individual scenes, in the end this film collapses because it doesn't have much coherence. Three stars are the best I can offer. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie was bad from beginning to end.I know I checked it out at the library because it was free but I really cant understand how I sat there & watched it all Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member It's New York post 911. Andrew (Aaron Stanford) and Jake (Jacob Fishel) are two best friends who are trying to figure out their lives. It didn't quite go as planned. What are they doing here? The timeline is 2001 to August 03 when New York had the massive blackout. This is a little film that trys to show when we all questions after the horrible tragedy of September 11. Strong performances from Stanford and Fishel (who I've not seen before). Also a strong turn for Rosemarie DeWitt (who played Rachel in Rachel Getting Married). One could see this movie going by the way of two whiny twenty somethings who bitch and moan about their lives but it doesn't go their in my opinion. We see these two men go through definitive changes in those two years. Check it out. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Stereotypical, but worth watching. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A sports writer and his best friend travel to America's heartland to recover after 9/11.
Director
Joe Leonard
Producer
Massoumeh Emami, Sam Mestman, Jared Parsons
Screenwriter
Joe Leonard
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 27m