DVRed this from a showing on PBS because the premise seemed interesting (I love road trips myself). The movie is a cute boy meets girl story with interesting twists in the plot as Thom and Claire drive across the country and a satisfying ending. Good chemistry between the leads helps the story (which makes sense because they are married in real life).

It's a romantic comedy plus a road trip with some family drama. We've all seen a hundred of them. Which means it's all about the execution. And, sadly, that execution is only adequate, not great. The acting, the cinematography, even the story are fine. What's not fine is that, like too many movies, the director and/or scriptwriter treat us like idiots who have never seen a movie before. The first fifteen minutes are a waste of time, setting up the characters in a way that's utterly unnecessary; and there are a few similar such moments through the rest of the movie where we are told the obvious. Do yourself a favor and double your enjoyment of the movie. Skip through the first fifteen minutes in a minute or less, watching a scene here, 20 seconds there; jump in res media at 15 minutes, and experience the movie like an adult who doesn't need to be spoon fed genre conventions as though they're an audience member at L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat.

I thought this was an all-around cute movie. The main characters were likable and funny without trying too hard. "Thom" was very likable from the beginning and throughout. "Claire" had some great moments in the more dramatic scenes where her acting was great. The plot was interesting and engaging. There wasn't anything overly creative or unique about the plot or writing, and some parts were a little slow, but I enjoyed it. For an independent movie written, directed, and starred in by Sam Jaeger, it was very well-done. I think if a few creative twists were thrown in that have never been done before, that would've taken the film up a few notches (in my opinion) and made it less predictable. Overall, my husband and I enjoyed this movie and liked the characters.

I got the same sensation when I watch for first time little miss sunshine or Juno, this one for me Take Me Home is the Indie Movie of the Year!I will not label it as Romantic Comedy at all, for me is a Road Movie with a very good script, good acting very good music ( had remember me Into The Wild, not because Eddie Vedder, more because was always on the right spot, driving you through the movie ) and awesome Sam Jaeger, directing for first time and lead actor.I'm a very disappointed that this movie didn't get more promotion, this is a movie that would break the box office if there were some good promotion from the distributors. For me the indie movie of the Year!