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Who's Driving Doug

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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).

Critics Reviews

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Nick Allen RogerEbert.com 02/26/2016
1/4
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. Go to Full Review
Tirdad Derakhshani Philadelphia Inquirer 02/26/2016
2/4
It's hard to enjoy a film peopled by so many unlikable people. Go to Full Review
Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times 02/25/2016
This road is lined with clichs and blunt dialogue, the emotional shifts all too neatly underlined by Death Cab for Cutie tracks. Go to Full Review
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion 02/27/2016
C
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. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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04/28/2018 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! See more 02/14/2018 Powerful flick w/ an extremely powerful ending! See more 05/27/2016 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. See more 05/20/2016 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:) See more 05/18/2016 What a beautiful movie. I love RJ Mitte. See more 03/10/2016 Alrightee watchable. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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
David Michael Katz, Nicole Carbonetta
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