Pooling to Paradise
2021
Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Pooling to Paradise
2021
Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance
67%
TOMATOMETER
· 1 reviews
67%
AUDIENCE
3.5/10
108
Plot summary
Jenny (Lynn Chen, Saving Face, Go Back To China), a Los Angeles mom, leaves her family for a blogger convention in Vegas, and accidentally chooses “pool” on her rideshare app, placing her in a car full of strangers including struggling activist Kara (Dreama Walker, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Gran Torino), heartbroken talent agent Sean (Jonathan Lipnicki, The Resident, Jerry Maguire) on a quest to find Dawn (Taryn Manning, Orange is the New Black, Hustle and Flow), and their hipster/anarchist/shaman driver, Marc (Jordan Carlos, First Wives Club, Broad City). Personalities clash, vulnerabilities unwind, and bonds form as they each find their own personal Paradise. Full of humor, heart, pathos and a psilocybin drug trip in Death Valley, Jentis’ script is a relatable millennial road trip rom-com perfect for summer.
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Movie Reviews
"The Breakfast Club" but in an Uber
Different kind of road trip movie
So a few millennials end up in a ride sharing vehicle and decide to do a road trip to Paradise, NV.
Dialogue
Imagine what a group of people who don't know each other would talk about for five hours. It is not very interesting. There was so much potential to create some form of chemistry, common interest or mutual assistance even due to the age profiles of the passengers. Almost none of that happened.
Plot
A group of strangers on a common journey has been done before, but not in a ride sharing function. That is pretty much the lone unique factor of this movie.
Camera
Some of the scenery is nice, but overall the potential wasn't fully used.