So maybe count our blessings that the film prefers an emotive road less traveled. The Short History of the Long Road FilmRise Nola has spent her entire young life on the road.
Of course, the few moments when Nola does act out - breaking down after throwing away her father’s clothes, as an example - come off as false and actorish. It no longer feels like a unique life is being lived, but rather that the absence of any obvious turmoil is its own contrivance. And there’s a point, around the time she steals a credit card from an auto mechanic ( Danny Trejo) who takes her under his wing, when the story’s start-stop-and-start-again rhythm, with almost all consequences elided, becomes tedious and unbelievable. If Nola doesn’t like where she is, she just leaves. Any situation that could blow up - such as Nola’s extended stopover with an initially kind woman (Rusty Schwimmer) who reveals herself to be a micromanaging Jesus freak - will more likely be left irksomely unresolved. Unfortunately, Simon-Kennedy strains consciously and constantly for anti-drama. But The Short History of the Long Road isn’t an ordinary coming-of-age road trip movie.
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Cinematographer Cailin Yatsko has a terrific eye for scenery everything from the sun-dappled open road to the inside of a movie theater has a gently forbidding quality.
But it’s mostly all wander, all the time. A peppier father-daughter version of Cormac McCarthys 'The Road' turns into an earnest coming of age road trip in the first feature film from Ani Simon-Kennedy just released to VOD and drive-ins. Her only nebulous goal is to at some point seek out the birth mother ( Maggie Siff) she never knew. Suddenly orphaned, the young woman has two choices: Get sucked into the broken-down American system she’s continuously avoided, or strike out on her own. Life delivers on Nola’s yearning when Clint has a brain aneurysm while driving. It’s clear, however, that dad is increasingly aware of his daughter’s desire for independence. By Tomris Laffly FilmRise A cozy and affecting tale about living off the grid, The Short History of the Long Road begins with a peaceful image of a young woman, whose long locks float over. Even when they’re at odds, Nola and Clint barely raise their voices. Stream songs including The Water, Just Another Day and. For the first 15 minutes or so, Simon-Kennedy establishes the duo’s routine with an amiable mutedness. Listen to The Short History of the Long Road (Original Score) by Morgan Kibby on Apple Music.
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