Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Paul Eenhoorn | ... | Martin Bonner | |
Demetrius Grosse | ... | Locy | |
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Tom Plunkett | ... | Supervisor |
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Christy Lighthouse | ... | Optometrist |
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Jef Derderian | ... | Optometrist Assistant |
Kristin Slaysman | ... | April | |
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Andrew Scott Duncan | ... | Ryan |
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Jeff Pilliod | ... | Auctioneer |
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Connie Pilliod | ... | Floor Auctioneer |
Richmond Arquette | ... | Travis Holloway | |
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Melanie Payne | ... | Breakfast Waitress |
Robert Longstreet | ... | Steve Helms | |
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Tom Baughman | ... | Presbyterian Pastor (as Rev. Tom Baughman) |
Jan Haley | ... | Angela Helms | |
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Moira Price | ... | Cheryl |
Martin Bonner has just moved to Nevada from the East Coast, leaving behind his two adult children and a life he spent more than two decades building. He's there working a new job as the volunteer coordinator for a non-profit organization that helps prisoners make the transition from incarceration to freedom. It's Martin's first job in two years and he's recently declared bankruptcy. At the same time, Travis Holloway, a prisoner in the program, is being released after serving twelve years. Sent back into the world with nothing, Travis also finds life in Reno difficult to adjust to, despite the help from his program sponsor, Steve Helms. The stories of Martin and Travis slowly converge, as the two men meet and find that they have much in common, not the least of which is an unspoken need for encouragement and support. Their unlikely friendship blossoms but is put to the test when Travis betrays Martin's trust in order to reunite with his estranged daughter. Written by 600 West Productions
I decided to write this review in order to counterbalance the negative one posted by Farron34.
I liked this movie very much, because it showed real people and their simple lives. Because for Travis just out of prison, even a squalid motel room is a gift, and you perceive it without one word said in that regard. The way he walks out in the chilly air with a hot cup of coffee to look at the "outside" with a fantastic 360° pan around him showing real America: freeway, cars, asphalt, anonymous buildings, bright advertisement - nothing exceptional but the beautiful sunset light of the Nevada desert.
I liked the way it criticizes the Church of Christians, of the zealots, of those who live off the church and its charity but the observation is done gently and respectfully. There is more but you have to see it for yourself, the joy is in the details.
If you want spectacle and glitz this movie is not for you but if you want to observe a few human beings dealing with their banal, only life, filled with the little things that make it worth living, well, this is an excellent movie.