Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
John Hawkes | ... | Frank Fogle | |
Logan Lerman | ... | Sean Fogle | |
Sarah Bolger | ... | Jewel | |
Andrea Irvine | ... | Anna Fogle | |
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson | ... | Officer Stone | |
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Denis Conway | ... | Father Tobin |
Lalor Roddy | ... | Murphy | |
David Grant Wright | ... | Mr Modine | |
Sean Mahon | ... | Andrew | |
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Mary McEvoy | ... | Brigid |
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Aoibhin Murphy | ... | Avis Clerk (as Aoibhín Murphy) |
Marion O'Dwyer | ... | Belinda | |
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Joan Sheehy | ... | Jane |
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Des Keogh | ... | Mr Carlisle |
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Áine Ní Mhuirí | ... | Dolores |
After being widowed, Frank Fogle reluctantly embarks on a journey to honor his wife's last wish of spreading her ashes in a remote lake in her native Ireland and a promise of taking his estranged son, Sean, along for the trip. As Sean steps out of prison the last thing on his mind is a foreign road trip with his alienated father. What he needs is a fresh start in California. But when his travel plans collapse he reluctantly accepts his father's proposal in return for a ticket to the West Coast and a promise that they never have to see each other again. Between a disconcerting Irish wake, the surfacing of an old flame, the pick up of a pretty hitchhiker and plenty of unresolved issues, the journey becomes a little more than father and son had bargained for.
Wow, what a roller-coaster of emotions. This movie had me laughing and crying along with it. I was going to say, 'laughing and crying in equal measure', but in truth, the laughing outweighed the crying. Only the ending drew tears from me.
It had a haunting soundtrack, two of the songs in the movie - one very old, one modern - will stay with me for a long time.
It's a story of dysfunctional families, disenfranchised youth and hidden pasts.
Well worth the watch, in my opinion, doubt you'd be disappointed.