All tagged Road Trip
Yes, the story is only so-so, and newcomer Scot Armstrong doesn’t know how to reign in a good performance from any of the assembled cast, but honestly I thought a good chunk of this was quite funny. Universal didn’t think so. The film started production in 2011, was finally cast in 2013, only released in Europe in 2014, and finally released in America last year.
Craig Roberts has been one to watch since his great turn in Richard Ayoade's "Submarine," and currently he is both acting and directing in a lot of great films and British television. He and Gomez have sparkling chemistry onscreen, and it's a pity that she doesn't act more. Between this and "Spring Breakers," Gomez has shown serious artistic growth in her acting choices in the past five years
Well, yes and no. There is something decidedly Pee-wee Herman about this film. It's an odd duck among all the other surreal and cartoonish films of the past ten years. Most of the time it's simply weird to the point of confusion and anger, but then there are these cut scenes with Joe Manganiello that make you burst out in pointed, uncomfortable laughter.
