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Bookmark this pageBackseat (2005)
Director: Bruce Van Dusen
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From Time Out New York
Frustrated with their relationships and stalled careers, two buddies—wanna-be actor Colton (Alexander) and loser in love Ben (Bogue)—decide to drive from New York to Montreal to meet their hero: Donald Sutherland. Yes, that Donald Sutherland. The list of transgressions in Bruce Van Dusen’s stalled road-trip flick is miles long: dialogue chocked with bumper-sticker platitudes, self-consciously quirky characters, gratuitous gunplay and a soundtrack top-heavy with achingly bad dorm-rock. It’s the journey that counts, the film repeats ad nauseam, only you’ll want to jump from the vehicle before it reaches the end of the block.Author: David Fear
Time Out New York Issue 652: March 27–April 2, 2008
Cast & crew
Director: Bruce Van Dusen
Cast: Josh Alexander, Rob Bogue, Will Janowitz
Duration: 89 mins
US Release: Mar 28 2008
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