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The Open Road (2009)

The Open Road poster
Directed by
Michael Meredith
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 74 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man goes on a road trip with his estranged father and a friend. They travel through the southern United States to visit the man's mother in the hospital.

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What happens

The Open Road is a 2009 comedy-drama film written and directed by Michael Meredith. It stars Justin Timberlake, Kate Mara, Jeff Bridges, and Mary Steenburgen and was produced by Anchor Bay Entertainment. Country singer Lyle Lovett and Harry Dean Stanton are also among the cast. Wim Wenders served as an executive producer. Filming began in Hammond, Louisiana in February 2008, and continued in Memphis, Tennessee, at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas, Houston, Texas and elsewhere in the southern United States. The film received a limited release on August 28, 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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