Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.
One of the most intriguing and thoughtful American films of the year.
– Tom Huddleston,
Time Out,
15 Oct 2013
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Its absurdist tact won't be for everybody, but there is satisfaction in the nuanced, often-pleasing performances from Rudd and Hirsch as they slowly reveal their characters to both the audience and each other. These two grow on you.
– Linda Barnard,
Toronto Star,
23 Aug 2013
fresh:
It's an intimate two-hander with lots of dialogue, humour and poignant revelations, set against a backdrop of rugged woodland beauty.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
23 Aug 2013
fresh:
[A] gently existentialist buddy movie.
– Bruce Ingram,
Chicago Sun-Times,
16 Aug 2013
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The performances and ghostly, melancholic atmosphere make it satisfying twist on the male buddy film.