Take Me Home (2011)
Rated PG-13
Starring Sam Jaeger, Amber Jaeger, Victor Garber, Lin Shaye, Christine Rose
Written and Directed by Sam Jaeger
The Story:
Thom (Jaeger), a down on his luck photographer moonlights as an illegal cabbie to try and keep the bill collectors at bay. He's having a really, really bad day when he is flagged down by Claire (Jaeger) whose day may be equally awful. She tells him to "just drive", and he does. When she wakes up, she's far from New York and heading to Ohio. At that point, she hires him to just take her to California so she can see her dad. The adventure continues!
Not bad, not bad at all.
It's a very slow build road trip/romantic comedy, but without the romance.
See, Claire's married, and while not happily, she's still got a ring on her finger.
That's not to say that things can't change over the course of 3000 miles, but you've got the usual they hate each other at first and by the end when it's time to go their separate ways, they've come to care for one another a great deal.
Jaeger (Sam) does a really nice job of making the production look first rate, and I have little concern with this movie than I do with a lot of films that are written and directed by the same person, not to mention starring that same person, and their wife!
That doesn't happen every day, but this is a pleasant little road trip that's worth the time to take.
Available now, streaming on both Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Final Grade: B-
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