Dear Eleanor (2016)

Two teenage girls travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Director:

Kevin Connolly

Writers:

Cecilia Contreras, Amy Garcia

Stars:

Liana Liberato, Isabelle Fuhrman, Josh Lucas

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liana Liberato	...	Ellie
Isabelle Fuhrman	...	Max
Josh Lucas	...	Frank Morris
Luke Wilson	...	Bob Potter
Joel Courtney	...	Billy
Jessica Alba	...	Aunt Daisy
Patrick Schwarzenegger	...	Bud
Claire van der Boom	...	Caroline Potter
Murray Wyatt Rundus	...	Robert (as Murray Rundus)
Reid Casson	...	Jack
Liam Applegate	...	Henry
Madelyn Grace Applegate	...	Annabell
Tedd Taskey	...	FT Collins Cop
Ione Skye	...	Charlotte
Paul Johansson	...	Hugh

Storyline

Two teenage girls travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Plot Keywords:

hair curlers | archive footage | car | joyride | first family | 

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Taglines:

2 girls. 3,000 miles. They're on the road to adventure.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | History

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some suggestive material and smoking

Did You Know?

Trivia

Liana Liberato and Patrick Schwarzenegger appeared in Stuck in Love. (2012).

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Goofs

After they arrive in Colorado, Max talks about her Aunt Daisy living in Las Vegas, Nevada and Ellie corrects her that it's actually Las Vegas, New Mexico. Since they drove through Zion National Park, they must have gone through Las Vegas, Nevada first. That would have been the time for Max to be confused. Not one or two days and 700+ miles later.

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Connections

References Gone with the Wind (1939)

User Reviews

Mostly an entertaining 90 minutes of road trip movie.

I came across this movie while looking for Jessica Alba movies I had not watched yet. She has a good role here as the entertainer aunt of one of the teenage girls. My wife and I watched it on DVD from our public library.

Set in 1962 with the Cuban Missile Crisis looming, California teenager Ellie loses her mother to a car wreck right before mom was to deliver an address directed at Eleanor Roosevelt. As teenagers might Ellie and her friend Max (a girl) decide to skip out and take an unlikely road trip to New York to look up Roosevelt and deliver mom's speech.

Except for Max who is overly annoying all the characters are good, in different ways. Mostly it is an entertaining road trip, with dad trying to hunt down the delinquent girls and what happens once they actually arrive in New York.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 July 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dear Eleanor

Filming Locations:

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nine Nights

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1