There鈥檚 something about road trip movies.
The story of a couple of friends taking off across the country in a shabby VW should, by this point, be one of the crustiest of clich茅s, but somehow the premise lives on.
Cas and Dylan falls squarely into that mold, yet the flick has left a number of critics gushing.
Maybe it鈥檚 because it stars acting icon Richard Dreyfuss, or is set to some of the best Canadian indie music out there. Or maybe it鈥檚 Dreyfuss鈥� co-star Tatiana Maslany, who鈥檚 role as a series of clones on the television series Orphan Black turned heads last year.
In this flick, Dreyfuss plays Cas, a doctor escaping to the west coast to end his life, and Maslany plays Dylan, a struggling writer fleeing from some of her own demons.
Dylan weasels her way into the doctor鈥檚 car, and as they speed through the prairies they bond the way only two humans crammed together in a hurtling shell of sheet metal can.
It鈥檚 nothing that hasn鈥檛 been seen before, but there鈥檚 a playful energy lurking in the film that demands attention. It strikes a balance between humour and seriousness, and should make a fun final screening for the Jasper Film Club this season.
Club president Chris Garnham asked that this month club members take special note of the screening time. He said that, due to a scheduling conflict 鈥渁nd the power of distributors and Hollywood鈥� the club will screen the film at 6 p.m. at the Chaba Theatre, instead of their traditional 7:30 p.m. time slot.
Trevor Nichols
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