I really loved this indie film featuring an accountant's road trip, where the real attraction is some really spectacular scenery in three National Parks. Given that the current administration is rolling back public access and protection in these parks and ramping up private use of public lands, the timing couldn't be better to drum up a little support for keeping some parts of the country natural.
Joe is the accountant, and he has hit a rough patch following his divorce. He reluctantly looks out for his aging parents who pressure him constantly, he works, he has the same take out dinner every night, and he spends time with his son. The highlights of his work day is his interactions with his work friend, Amelia. She encourages him to get outside of his comfort zone and live a little. She has been. In recent weeks she has been gone a lot, and she tells him tales from the wilderness. There is a crisis where she shows up at his house in the middle of the night, and disappears the next morning for good, leaving him a diary entitled Easy Adventures, which in her mind start with flat accessible hikes and end in spectacular scenic glory. Weeks pass and Amelia doesn't return, so when he gets a letter from her pleading with him to find her, he drops everything, and goes on a scavenger hunt first in Zion, then Death Valley and the road ends in Yosemite. Scenery so great that you will be tugged to return to those places, and a good story holding it all up. Streaming on Amazon Prime.
Friday, September 27, 2019
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