By Dennis Hartley

No SIFF would be complete without at least one quirky indie road movie, and Richie James Follin’s erm, quirky indie road movie (reminiscent of Jonathan Demme’s Something Wild) fits the bill. Follin casts himself as a brooding, taciturn musician who reluctantly finds himself saddled with a passenger for his intended solo cross-country drive to California. His passenger is a real handful-a bubbly, self-billed “Christian singer” (Rubyrose Hill) who invites herself into his car while fleeing her gun-wielding boyfriend and tells him to hit the gas. Uneven; the film has its moments (mostly thanks to Hill’s unique energy), but this is one road that’s been pretty well traveled.