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When Margaret (Catherine Kellner) gets a job photographing toxic waste sites for the government, she asks her ex-boyfriend Jay (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) to come along. Jay accepts her invitation on this unusual road trip -- but learns to his disappointment that Margaret is engaged. Their journey gets considerably odder as the former couple keep getting lost in strange territory, face off with inhospitable locals and discover that their gas level hasn't changed one bit during the whole trip.

Critics Reviews

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 11/16/2006
Writer-director Leslie McCleave knows how to stir the pot, dropping various weird or menacing characters in the couple's path, but by the end of the movie's 92 minutes it still isn't soup yet. Go to Full Review Robert Koehler Variety 11/16/2006
What begins as a faintly unsettling Twilight Zone riff, soon becomes deadly with repetition and a lack of ideas. Go to Full Review Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune 11/16/2006
2.5/4
McCleave, making her feature debut, shows skill and emotion. Go to Full Review Steven Snyder Zertinet Movies 03/21/2007
3.5/4
It's a less "entertaining" movie, but a much more life-affirming one. Go to Full Review Michele Kenner Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 03/16/2007
2/4
Writer-director Leslie McCleave offers no explanation beyond juxtaposing sour lake beds and radioactive vats with the tension between the former lovers. The environment, with upstate New York standing in for Ontario, rarely looks this distasteful. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/17/2008 Very beautiful bitter sweet movie, A reminder of the real deal & the human condition of denial. See more 10/21/2007 A good twilight-zone style road film. Environmental themes, the works. dig it. See more 07/17/2007 Interesting movie. Worth watching if you can deal with the bad acting. Could be classified as one of those "i have insomnia, let's see whats on showtime" movies. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Leslie McCleave

Director

Catherine Kellner

Actor

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Actor

Jeff Ware

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James Urbaniak

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Peter Appel

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Movie Info

Synopsis When Margaret (Catherine Kellner) gets a job photographing toxic waste sites for the government, she asks her ex-boyfriend Jay (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) to come along. Jay accepts her invitation on this unusual road trip -- but learns to his disappointment that Margaret is engaged. Their journey gets considerably odder as the former couple keep getting lost in strange territory, face off with inhospitable locals and discover that their gas level hasn't changed one bit during the whole trip.
Director
Leslie McCleave
Producer
Zachary Mortensen, Leslie McCleave
Screenwriter
Leslie McCleave
Production Co
Ghost Robot, Mystery City Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 8, 2017
Runtime
1h 32m