IMDb plot summary: Set during the final days of the admired photo development system known as Kodachrome, a father and son hit the road in order to reach the Kansas photo lab before it closes its doors for good.
Directed by Mark Raso. Starring Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen, and Bruce Greenwood.
These are very familiar beats being played out here. It's a well-worn story and there are no surprises to it really, we know exactly how it's all going to play out and it does so competently, so evaluating the story here isn't really the point. Instead we're relying solely on the acting performances to carry the movie, and it largely works. Jason Sudeikis always holds his own as a dramatic actor, a subtle one, capable of speaking his dialogue in a dry tone full of hidden depths of meaning. Olsen and Harris don't bring quite as much nuance to the table but they're still good and convey effectively the complex relationships at play here. Movies don't need to be wholly original, they just need to make you think or care about the characters, and this accomplishes that.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Kodachrome > One, Two, Three
Kodachrome < The Black Cat
Kodachrome < Harakiri
Kodachrome < Holiday Inn
Kodachrome < 21
Kodachrome > King Kong Escapes
Kodachrome > Following
Kodachrome < Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Kodachrome < The Call
Kodachrome < The Girl on a Motorcycle
Kodachrome < Bottle Rocket
Kodachrome > The Invention of Lying
Final spot: #1582 out of 3322, or 52%.
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