Synopsis
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.
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Cast
- Robert SheehanVincent
- Dev PatelAlex
- Zoë KravitzMarie
- Robert PatrickRobert
- Kyra SedgwickDr. Mia Rose
- Ali HillisMonica
- Jim CalvertPriest
- Louisa KendrickNurse
- Ross GalloTherapist
- Cooper RothBoy 1
Recommendations
- 60
New York Daily News
They don’t come more clichéd than this indie road movie about three runaways who bond as they drive. But riveting, full-blooded performances from the young leads and a tough-love ending raise it above what you may expect. - 60
Los Angeles Times
The Road Within suffers from midfilm wandering and a hasty ending, but the message of self-acceptance rings true and clear. - 30
Village Voice
This is, of course, a movie about affliction, and it ultimately succumbs to the bland, sentimental uplift we've come to expect from such outings. - 25
Slant Magazine
The film's tired sentimentality aside, its general lack of empathy is most damning. - 25
Observer
The Road Within backfires by emphasizing the same quirks and imbalances it seeks to soften. Reducing it to the genre of idiot comedy doesn’t advance the cause, either. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
The Road Within is never good. The presentation of Tourette’s syndrome may be authentic, but everything else about the movie — the emotions, the characters, the situations — rings false.
