One for the Road Review: Old Friends Drink and Drive in Wong Kar Wai-Produced Thai Melodrama One for the Road Review: Old Friends Drink and Drive in Wong Kar Wai-Produced Thai Melodrama
A bartender and his dying best friend reunite in an emotionally manipulative road movie that spans two continents and several relationships.
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Director: Baz Poonpiriya
With: Tor Thanapob, Ice Natara, Violette Wautier, Aokbab Chutimon, Ploi Horwang, Noon Siraphun, Thaneth Warakulnukroh, Rhatha Phongam. (Thai, English dialogue)
Running time: Running time: 137 MIN.
Courtesy of Sundance Institute
The overloaded Thai equivalent of one of those YA weepies where terminally ill teens scramble to fulfill their bucket lists before expiring at a young age, all-the-feels buddy movie “One for the Road” is determined to leave audiences both shaken and stirred. Your mileage may vary as director Baz Poonpiriya (“Bad Genius”) packs this concoction wit
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Bad Genius was one of the best hidden gems to emerge from the Southeast Asian region over the past few years, and seemed to signal a bright new filmmaker in the arena who could rival Edgar Wright in breakneck editing and crazy camera acrobatics. That thought occurred to me the first few minutes into Poonpiriya’s latest equally stylish film,
One for the Road, but gradually faded as the road trip dramedy took a few too many detours and soapy left turns.
A wistful road trip movie that follows a pair of old, estranged friends who reconnect after many years,