Who's Driving Doug

Released Feb 26, 2016

1h 39m

Drama

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To escape from his overbearing mother (Daphne Zuniga), a sheltered student (RJ Mitte) embarks on a spontaneous road trip with his college crush (Paloma Kwiatkowski) and his driver (Ray William Johnson).

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

The movie fails to create a full character out of Doug beyond his disability and general social awkwardness. Mitte's broad performance matches filmmaking that paints a muddy picture of the hero's specific disability.

Rated: 1/4

Feb 26, 2016

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Tirdad Derakhshani

Philadelphia Inquirer

It's hard to enjoy a film peopled by so many unlikable people.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 26, 2016

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Sheri Linden

Los Angeles Times

This road is lined with clichs and blunt dialogue, the emotional shifts all too neatly underlined by Death Cab for Cutie tracks.

Feb 25, 2016

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

Though it doesn't entirely escape the aura of being a much more serious variant of a formula...the lead performances in particular give it a degree of emotional depth.

Rated: C

Feb 27, 2016

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Perfect movie, warm, smart, brave (to address the tricky subject of people taking on prejudices and discriminations of their features themselves and even using them in their favor without realizing - bravo), yes, there are some clichés, but if they aren't hateful, political clichés that nobody needs, but clichés wrapped in a beautiful, clever and entertaining portrayal of many truths, it is fine with me. More of films like this, please, more of RJ Mitte, more of Daphne Zuniga!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Powerful flick w/ an extremely powerful ending!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/18

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troy k

Low budget indie that I almost turned off.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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The movie gives a glimpse of a life many of us know nothing about. The story is so-so however and I mean, I love Transatlanticism as much as the next guy, but this movie was very lazily scored with possibly every song off of a single album basically. It was distracting to me. Who's Driving Doug is watchable. It is enlightening. R.J. is great as usual. I can't give the movie a stellar rating though.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

I've got muscular dystrophy and I can most definitely relate, to his rollercoaster of a life. He feels as if our world, has turned It's back, based upon physical circumstance. Shines a light trough, if you will, disabled eyes, but their are more aspects. I would love to see an expansion, into other areas, of disabled life. It's a hit, in my book:)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

What a beautiful movie. I love RJ Mitte.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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David Michael Conley

Director

RJ Mitte

Doug

Paloma Kwiatkowski

Stephanie

Daphne Zuniga

Alison

Ray William Johnson

Scott

Alix Elizabeth Gitter

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Synopsis

To escape from his overbearing mother (Daphne Zuniga), a sheltered student (RJ Mitte) embarks on a spontaneous road trip with his college crush (Paloma Kwiatkowski) and his driver (Ray William Johnson).

Director: David Michael Conley
Producer: Daniel Carnick, Michael Carnick
Screenwriter: Michael Carnick
Distributor: FilmBuff
Production Co: Katz Agency
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 26, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 26, 2017
Runtime: 1h 39m