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DramaRomance

A Reunion

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Two estranged friends travel across the country to attend their college reunion, and face their complicated past along the road.

Release Date : 2014-06-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Ariztical Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Josh Watson

Character Name : Josh

Original Name : Josh Watson

Gender : Male

Michael Lovan

Character Name : Michael

Original Name : Michael Lovan

Gender : Male

Amy Everson

Character Name : Yoko (voice)

Original Name : Amy Everson

Gender : Male

Joe Fingerhut

Character Name :

Original Name : Joe Fingerhut

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

jmallaney

@jmallaney

2021-06-23

This is a road movie where two somewhat estranged college friends drive from California to Chicago for their 10-year reunion. Individually they both have areas of dissatisfaction in their own lives and uncertainty about what they are to each other. Over the course of the journey they reestablish their bond and being to gain clarity about what they want in their own lives and from each other. Spoilers: having disconnected with everyone by going to Japan to teach English to five year-olds after college, Michael flies to California to meet up with his college friend Josh and take a road trip to Chicago for their 10 year reunion. They go to Vegas, car-henge, the grand canyon, visit a girl with whom they had a sexual escapade, reminisce, push each other's buttons, reject each other, and start sleeping together. Josh had accepted his lot was to be unhappy in life, feeling he shared a connection with Michael he would never find again. Michael, it turns out, is going to be married to a woman in Japan, and seems to have sought out Josh due to uncertainty with his choices in life. It's a well-written movie. It's engaging and never especially warm and fuzzy or even romantic. Early conversations resonate with later events, including Michael's description of marriages in Japan. The resolution didn't seem clear, but was satisfying. We see photos in the credits which may be from the past but also from the future--a plane wing which could be Michael returning to Japan after the reunion, and a photo of Josh and Michael with a new tattoo of Route 66 on Josh's shoulder, which might indicate the two are together following the reunion.