Ed Harris, as renowned photographer Ben Ryder, is worth the price of admission to this movie. Ben is dying of cancer, but Harris obviously relishes how crusty, blunt, and often offensive Ben is. Ben blackmails his long estranged son Matt, into coming on a road trip with him to get some old film rolls developed at a Kodak factory in Kansas. Don't know why they don't just fly!! I think Jason Sudeikis is too intense to play Matt, but he is a good actor. Matt is often as nasty and dysfunctional as Ben. His simmering anger that his father abandoned him as a child, to travel the world as a photojournalist, is understandable. However the father-son schtick does sometimes get a bit heavy. The go-between is Ben's paid carer, Zoe (Elizabeth Olsen) whose character, I felt, was too much the 'hot but shallowly written' love interest. She spends most of the film batting her eyelids and flicking her hair. There's never any doubt that she and Matt will end up together. But before that, some of her scenes berating both Ben and Matt for abusing each other, and urging them to make peace, are effective. The death scenes are handled movingly, and the final scene of viewing the newly developed slides, showing Matt as a child, with Ben (in the photos) looking on, are nicely done. It's all a little bit slight, though. 'Dad and son don't talk, Dad and son go on road trip. Dad and son make up. Dad dies. The End'. I think this movie means well. But it's far from excellent.

Short review. this movie got my eyes wet, for the first time in 10 years i got a tear in my eye. i really needed it, and i know my people can reflect on this movie. it gets a 400% from me

A stale relationship between a father and son for longer than a decade comes to an understanding and final conclusion during a road trip from New York to Kansas to develop the last roles of Kodachrome 35 mm film. Enjoyable story.

The lead actor, known for his comedy, carried this film. We've seen Ed Harris before as the edgy, aging cynic with a heart, and Elizabeth Olsen as the earnest intellectual love interest. But this was the first time most of us have seen Sudeikis in this type of role, and he was terrific.His character's world was falling apart, but he never lost his sense of perspective. He showed genuine appreciation for his aunt and uncle, acquired tolerance for his dad's flaws, and had the ability to notice the girl's true value. Meanwhile the Harris character had enough sense and compassion to devote his final days to his estranged son. Not an easy thing to do for a self-absorbed brat. Both characters grew.Olsen has found a niche for herself as the almost hot, intellectual, potential companion to complicated men. I liked the concept of integrating commentary on traditional photography and analog culture.Yes the plot was fairly predictable and there were no great statements about life that made a lasting impact. Other than that great art comes from unhappiness, but we've heard that one before, and it's not always true. I never even considered pressing the stop button. That's remarkable for me with Netflix. Enjoy.