Scenic Route

It's actually a well-made, well-acted low-budget thriller that is more resonant than expected.

At the very least shows you how to make a smart, cheap little movie with only two actors, one main exterior set and no special effects.

Kyle Killen's script is generally uninspired and fairly predictable ...

It begins with energy, dulls in the middle stretches but redeems itself with a final destination that makes the trip feel worth it.

Fogler impresses with some brooding edge, but neither he nor the location photography is enough to recommend you join him on this doomed trip.

Mitchell and Carter never extend beyond the archetypes of Unhappy Family Man and Bitter Failed Artist. Nor do Duhamel and Fogler's inconsistent performances breathe life into their flat characters.

Refreshingly intelligent and palpably suspenseful. Josh Duhamel and Dan Fogler give the best performance of their career.

Perhaps even more effectively than The World's End - but in a less escapist fashion - this is a parable of responsibilities and foibles filtered through genre (horror, in this case).

Lined with a certain bruised grace... a spare, streamlined, desert-set psychological thriller that doubles as a study in masculine relationship drift.

Scenic Route is an unsettling and wonderfully obtuse picture that will provide a different experience for every viewer.

Scenic Route is a movie that crawls under your skin and stays there for a while, thanks largely in part to its haunting ending.