Detours (2016)

Directed by

Robert McCaskill

Genre

road movie

Country

United States

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A newly single woman drives from New York to Florida with her widowed father and her mother's ashes. They make stops along the way as both of them adjust to their new lives.

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What happens

Detours is a 2016 road-trip comedy about a newly single New Yorker who must relocate to Florida for a new job; she travels south with her widowed father and her mother's ashes in a coffee can. Detours was directed by Robert McCaskill from a script by Mara Lesemann (additionally known for Surviving Family). The movie starred Tara Westwood and Carlo Fiorletta; the supporting cast included Richard Kind, Michael Cerveris, Phyllis Somerville, Kim Director, and Paul Sorvino. Cerveris also contributed several original songs to the soundtrack. Detours premiered at the Sunscreen Film Festival on April 30, 2016, and was released on Amazon Prime on November 25, 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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