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movie review - Quebec-Montreal

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Halifax, 2004.04.09

This is a Quebecois film about a number of 20- and 30-somethings, all trekking south-west from Quebec to Montreal on the same highway on the same day. It's got a domestic dispute, a hopeless office crush, a friendship entangled in problems regarding a woman, and some letches on the prowl.

There are a number of clever bits in this 'relationship comedy' (if that's a genre) and the characters are for the most part realistic (if not always likeable). I'd say my favorite of the latter would be the fellow who decides to start huffing on his gas can while trudging along looking for a refill once the car's tank runs dry.

Recommended.

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