Synopsis
When Leif’s estranged mother, Honey dies she leaves him a ‘conditional inheritance’. He has to complete her elaborate to-do list before he gets her cabin in Yosemite. Leif steps into Honey’s wild world as the mother he never really knew tries to make amends from beyond the grave.
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Cast
- Jake JohnsonLeif
- Susan SarandonHoney
- D'Arcy CardenAudrey
- J.K. SimmonsCarl
- Luis Fernandez-GilGorka
- Cleo KingMissy
- Eric EdelsteinOfficer Mike Nilson
- Billy BungerothHiker
Recommendations
- 80
Film Threat
At first glance, the feature, which Johnson co-wrote and co-produced, may seem like yet another granola indie about a middle-aged man reassessing his life. And it is. But there’s magic to it. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The thing about Ride the Eagle is we have a funny, sweet, insightful, low-key charmer of a story that’s all about making human connections, reconciling broken relationships and finding solace in the companionship of another fellow traveler on this planet — and yet the main characters are almost never in the same room with one another. - 70
Variety
The movie’s seriocomic consideration of how messy familial, sexual and professional relationships can be should have a well-nigh universal resonance. - 67
Austin Chronicle
It may be about little more than a guy getting his head a little more straight than he thought it was and burying a few resentments that he didn’t even know were sticking up, but Ride the Eagle knows that a small, sad, personal story doesn’t have to be a tragedy. I - 63
Movie Nation
A good cast and amusing situations make it a pleasant, sometimes amusing if not particularly memorable experience. - 60
The Guardian
It’s a bit indulgent but, still, a gentle watch. - 50
RogerEbert.com
Its biggest crime is that the whole thing, in the end, is just kind of pointless, and doesn’t offer viewers anything that they haven’t already seen before and it's never as amusing or thought-provoking as it would like to be. - 40
The New York Times
"Where do these people get their money,” I wrote in my notes as Leif and his dog set out for a long drive at the film’s fade-out. Doesn’t matter. Nor do the multiple clichés. In Ride the Eagle, the laid-back vibe is all.
