Looking for the Jackalope

2016
1h 42min

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5,9/10

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Michael Leydon Campbell, Larry Clarke, Stephen Root, Mary Testa, Jean Zarzour, and Meissa Hampton in Looking for the Jackalope (2016)

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA disenchanted writer takes a comically ill-fated journey from New York to his college reunion in Ohio in an attempt to reunite with his old college girlfriend.A disenchanted writer takes a comically ill-fated journey from New York to his college reunion in Ohio in an attempt to reunite with his old college girlfriend.A disenchanted writer takes a comically ill-fated journey from New York to his college reunion in Ohio in an attempt to reunite with his old college girlfriend.

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5,9/10

188

MA NOTE

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Récompenses
- 3 victoires et 5 nominations au total

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9/10

A wacky road movie on the way to one's self

Some years ago, I was asked to participate as a judge in a film festival and since then I've had a partiality to small, independent films. Karl Shefelman's "Looking for the Jackalope" is such a film, an engaging cautionary tale about a man returning to his 20-year college reunion in pursuit of romance. As the main character, a writer, takes a crazy, hilarious road trip across several states to reach his reunion, his dreams of an old romance become a beacon guiding him to his destination. He has a friend, Dr. Jim, (a great performance by Larry Clarke) who offers assistance and advice along the way. When he finally reaches the college, the reunion is spectacularly normal with a great nod to the generational variety of classes that attends these events.

This is not really a happy ending movie, but more of a resolve of the character's ambition with a Jackalope mentoring him along the way.

An interesting aside: Shefelman lists all the extras in the credits at the end of the movie. The recognition of everyone in involved in the endeavor of making this movie appealed to me.