Familiar route with distinctive heartened, feel-good sights and empathetically attempted heft till it unexpectedly gone into a subversive direction, this filmic road trip is formulaically fueled and well-stirred by the pair’s performatively bonded charisma. (B)

The movie had mad potential, but all the kids these days seem to suck, and the kid in this story is no exception. With better writing, and some better direction in her acting the movie might actually be one of the greats. The good parts feel rushed, and the whole movie feels like so much wasted potential. I am rating the movie lower than I think it deserves to knock the audience score down a little, it's a mediocre film, it should have a mediocre score. The worst part about the movie is that they pretend that the teenager has any wisdom. She is a dumb teenager figuring things out, parents have the wisdom as wisdom comes with age.

Kinda caught me off guard and sad ngl 3.8

It was standard fayre road movie until the twist that seems to divide the critics. The twist made it less comfortable, but more memorable/impactful as a movie. The leads have good chemistry and despite some trite and frustrating script in places, they are easy to connect with, which helps deliver the emotional pay-off, such as it is.

Don't Make Me Go is okay. I didn't expect the twist. I'm not sure I liked the twist. It's not a film I'll rewatch. Midnight Sun (Bella Thorn one) covers the same ground much better. It'll give your eyeballs a good wash. Don't Make Me Go probably won't. It didn't for me.

Wow that really was a journey! Loved John Cho in 'Searching' and he was great in this too.

Solid father daughter drama about life, growing up and dealing with hardship. Cho and Isaac have a chemistry that showcases the awkwardness and sweetness dads and girls have. Not overly schmaltzy but still gets ya.

Nothing particularly original in the setup--a family road trip where one of the characters is dying--but the actors are so believable in their dynamic that we enjoyed the ride. And unlike some road-trip movies, this one gets better the longer it goes.

Don´t Make Me Go takes some ballsy moves that could have sinked the film in cheap sentiment, but this story of a father and daughter going on a road-trip is sweet, humorous and quite emotional, in the right way.

Protagonists who really brought their most emotional selves to the movie, very realistic dialogue, so any small questionable issues, like a college and not a high school reunion in NOLA or so many mountains in East Texas, were secondary. Sure it's familiar, as critics write, they always want to be surprised. Sometimes the audience doesn't necessarily.

So… I have to admit that very seldom do I watch drama movies. Nonetheless, I grew up watching John Cho in Harold and Kumar and figured why not, the trailer looked pretty good. I've watched plenty of movies in my life and very rarely have they brought me to tears, which is a difficult feat to say the very least. To put things into perspective, I've only teared up in a few movies (less then 5) and I'm 37. To sum up this movie in one word… WOW!! This was an awesome movie and so good in fact that I had to create an account and comment on this. Anything less then WOW for reviews is absurd. WELL DONE TO THE DIRECTOR, WRITERS, ACTORS, AND ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE MAKING OF THIS MOVIE... ABSOLUTELY AMAZING STORYTELLING!!!!

Huh. I really enjoyed this movie, but it dragged and had bad pacing.

I really like John Cho in dramatic roles. I loved him in “Searching” which was why I watched this. Great movie, great acting, didn’t expect the ending which is usually good.

The both actors really uplifted a somewhat predictable story. Its been a while since I've seen a decent father-daughter movie. Overall I enjoyed the film!

Compelling movie… sad and yet uplifting ending. I cried…. Great 🎭 acting.

IN A NUTSHELL: Mia Isaac plays a teenager who narrates the movie. She states at the very beginning, "You're not going to like the way this story ends, but I think you're going to like this story." It's about a single father who learns that he has a fatal brain tumor. He takes his teenage daughter on a road trip to find the mother who abandoned her years before and to try to teach her everything she might need over the rest of her life. The coming-of-age film was directed by actress Hannah Marks and written by Vera Herbert. Vera was a writer for NBC's popular 온라인카지노추천 show "This Is Us" in 2016. The script for this movie was on the 2012 Black List of the best-unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. THINGS I LIKED: I really enjoyed John Cho's outstanding, believable performance. He also sings in the movie during a cute Karaoke scene. Do you think it was his real voice? It was! He sings "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop. Nice job! Fun fact: The movie was actually filmed in New Zealand during the pandemic, so the road trip through several states in the USA doesn't show the typical landmarks you'd expect. The film was edited via Zoom! Newcomer Mia Isaac does a great job playing a bratty, unappreciative, self-centered teenager. I thought the character she played was super annoying and that she was super disrespectful to her father. In real life, she is sweet to her father who really did teach her how to drive her first car. Footage from her actual childhood is used in the movie with John Cho's voice dubbed into various sections. I can't believe Kaya Scodelario is old enough to be the love interest of a father of a teenager in this movie. It seems like yesterday that she was a teenager in Maze Runner. Nice soundtrack. On a personal note, when my parents divorced, I moved in with my dad. He was an incredibly sensitive father as he raised his 3 daughters. Being a single parent has to be one of the hardest jobs out there. I salute all of you who are out there doing the best you can. THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE: Predictable twist. Cliched and formulaic journey It's super frustrating watching Wally make terrible decisions. Who names their daughter "Wallace"? There was absolutely no reason for us to have to see the nude people on the beach. This could have easily been a PG-13 movie that teens could watch. The screenwriter, Vera Herbert, wrote this scene because she and her father had the same experience of accidentally ending up on a nude beach. TIPS FOR PARENTS: Profanity You have to read a lot of text messages Lots of teenage kissing We see an unmarried dad in bed with his girlfriend making noises Talk of booty calls Teenagers and adults drink alcohol and get drunk A teen girl takes a Selfie of her chest and explains that she's "being a good girlfriend." Full frontal nudity of men and women at a nudist beach walking their dog, playing volleyball, sunbathing, etc. We did NOT have to see the naked bodies to understand the awkward moment between father and daughter. THEMES: Family Father/Daughter relationships Death and dying Places in your life Living life to the fullest You can see the full review on the Movie Review Mom YouTube channel.

One evening, I was bored with YouTube and decided to venture over to my Amazon Prime account and saw that this movie just dropped. Usually, I'm an action and Sci-Fi viewer, so I was skeptical about this movie. I shouldn't have been. This movie is sweet, fun, and a great adventure between father and daughter. I do recommend it! Bring the Kleenex, though!

Sweet/sad movie about a daughter and dad's relationship. The nude beach was completely unnecessary but other than that it was a good movie

What can I say about John Cho. He’s all heart.

Good god the critics are spot on with this one. Awful script. Ridiculous.