Passenger Side

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Passenger Side

2009

1h 24m

Drama

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Two brothers spend a day driving around L.A. County looking for cheap drugs.

Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Here's one of those shuffling, slovenly American indies that can seem vain and inconsequential, or inviting and oddly profound, depending on the talent involved.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 2, 2011

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

Rated: 2/5

Apr 1, 2011

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

The siblings are a bit like Sense and Sensibility's Elinor and Marianne: quaint but somehow universal.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 1, 2011

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Kaleem Aftab

The List

[A] smartly written comedy.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 6, 2018

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

[Passenger Side] does not force anything, but rather allows it to reveal itself, in its own sweet time. It possesses a reserve, a wry humour, an intelligence, and a type of good-natured dyspepsia that made me feel instantly at home.

Aug 22, 2017

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Alistair Harkness

Scotsman

Passenger Side works through its angsty family-drama-oriented premise with a sarky script, a healthy sense of self-awareness and an amusingly deadpan performance from Adam Scott.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 4, 2011

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A sort of road movie, and a tv movie. Very cinéma-vérité but at a barebone budget. A bit like the nouvelle vague in France. Not too bad an effort but we can see lots of fake events and people. This is not too serious, so it comes out as more or less watchable, if you have time for this. It is adult rated.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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a lot of going nowhere for no reason

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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An indie road movie in which sharp and witty dialogue is the main attraction. Nicely done, but not particularly memorable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Loved! Stellar acting by all.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

I enjoyed this relatively simple sibling road movie. The acting is crisp, the characters believable, the plot is loose but it doesn't really matter. The beauty of this film is in the characters; the brothers bouncing off eachother, the strange people they meet along the way, this is as much a film about people as it is about family. There is a twist at the end that isn't too hard to anticipate but well done nonetheless.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Passenger Side is an unconventional road trip movie that dares to challenge the audience. Adam Scott's likeable presence leaves you willing to overlook the narrative shortcomings.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Synopsis

Two brothers spend a day driving around L.A. County looking for cheap drugs.

Director: Matt Bissonnette
Screenwriter: Matt Bissonnette
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 10, 2017
Runtime: 1h 24m

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