Around the Bend

2004
15
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

4.5K

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Drama

A bitter, recently divorced man is goaded by his grandfather and son into going on a family road trip to reconcile with his estranged father.A bitter, recently divorced man is goaded by his grandfather and son into going on a family road trip to reconcile with his estranged father.A bitter, recently divorced man is goaded by his grandfather and son into going on a family road trip to reconcile with his estranged father.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

4.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations

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Trivia
Sir Michael Caine, who plays Christopher Walken's father, is only ten years older than him.

Goofs
The way the ashes lie on the spoon between shots, near the end of the movie.

Quotes
Turner Lair: You're tense. You get that from your mother's people.

Connections
Featured in It's a Good Day: The Making of 'Around the Bend' (2005)

Soundtracks
Dean's Always Right
Written by Larry Klein, Dean Parks, Bryan Pezzone, Joey Waronker, Frank Marocco (as The Legendary Frank Morocco),
David Baerwald
Performed by The New Velvet Pillow Orchestra

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Featured review

Tradition and Family Forgiveness

This movie was definitely true to life. It made you laugh, it made you cry and it made you think. And wow, what a cast. Michael Caine, Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas and little Jonah Bobo (I see great things from this youngster in the future).

You can see the indifference right way when Jason (Lucas) calls his grandfather (Caine) and his estranged father (Walken) by their first names. Grandfather Henry's joy with the return of his son Turner and the family together again is short lived when his son announces he's only staying the night. Determined to bring the family back together, he plans a 'burial' trip that all family members, his son; his grandson and his great-grandson, must partake in as terms of his will. This is where the road to discovery begins.

If anyone has had family situations that need to be rectified in order to bring the family back together, this film will most assuredly put the spark in your heart to do so.