Coast To Coast
On the brink of divorce, Barnaby and Maxine map the course of their tumultuous relationship during a cross-country road trip. Each stop along the way - to visit their children, other family members, old friends and lovers - provides a catalyst to explore the ups and downs of marriage and rekindle the spark between them.
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Another Good Performance From Richard Dreyfuss - revsdd
This has a number of similarities with the movie "Ordinary People." Like that movie, Richard Dreyfuss and Judy Davis play a couple whose marriage is falling apart as they deal with the accidental death of their son a number of years before. "Coast To Coast" however is not as good as "Ordinary People," although it's not a bad movie at all and while it didn't captivate me, it did pull me in and keep me interested.
It's an often heavy movie, although the heaviness is broken up somewhat by low-key comedy, which is largely introduced by making Dreyfuss' character of Barnaby Pierce a comedy writer. Essentially, Barnaby and Maxine (Davis) set off from their home in Connecticut to attend their surviving son's wedding in Los Angeles. (In another scene strikingly similar to "Ordinary People" the surviving son is having problems of his own dealing with his brother's death, as they were in the car together when the accident occurred.) Along the way, Barnaby and Maxine have encounters with several old friends and acquaintances, all of whom seem to have lives even more dysfunctional than theirs. The central part of the movie is the trip to Denver, when Maxine has a rather difficult encounter with an old flame, played by Fred Ward.
There is no real suspense here. I never had any doubt that Barnaby and Maxine would eventually reconcile, and that reconciliation is certainly hinted at by the last scene of the movie. The movie is highlighted by the performances of Dreyfuss and Davis. Dreyfuss is always excellent, and this was no exception. Davis I was unfamiliar with, having not seen any of her previous work, but she also did a very commendable job with her role. These performances pull a basically OK movie up another notch.
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Another Good Performance From Richard Dreyfuss - revsdd
This has a number of similarities with the movie "Ordinary People." Like that movie, Richard Dreyfuss and Judy Davis play a couple whose marriage is falling apart as they deal with the accidental death of their son a number of years before. "Coast To Coast" ...