Matt Bissonnette

Brothers of the Road Bear a Heavy Load

MOVIE REVIEW
Passenger Side (2009)

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The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival

With “Passenger Side,” writer-director Matt Bissonnette has managed to produce a picture that boasts not only a screenplay that is nowhere near as witty or sharp as he thinks it is, but also lacks a single discernible likable character. It’s a road movie of sorts, but it meanders rather than drives towards its (not overly surprising) conclusion utilizing a series of claustrophobic car rides as a metaphor for the protagonist’s emotional journeys.

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